SPRING BLOSSOMS, ETC.
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SPRING BLOSSOMS TO THE MOURNER.
Thou bringest violets in thy hand,
Sweet Spring. Thy gifts how vain
To soothe us for those fair, blue eyes,
That ope no more again.
Thou bringest music of the birds,
As if such strain could pay
For their melodious speech, who sank
From our lone bowers away.
Thou showerest breathing roses round,
To blush on beauty's breast;
Give back! give back those lips of rose,
That to our own were prest.
