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QUATRAINS: PREPARATION by CHARLES HANSON TOWNE

First Line: HOW LONG THE VIOLETS 'NEATH THE SNOW
Last Line: BEFORE HIS HEART COULD SING!

HOW long the violets 'neath the snow
Toiled ere they breathed the Spring!
How long the poet dreamed his song
Before his heart could sing!



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