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A Summer Wish

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Live all thy sweet life thro',         Sweet Rose, dew-sprent,     Drop down thine evening dew     To gather it anew     When day is bright:         I fancy thou wast meant     Chiefly to give delight.     Sing in the silent sky,         Glad soaring bird;     Sing out thy notes on high     To sunbeam straying by     Or passing cloud;         Heedless if thou art heard     Sing thy full song aloud.     Oh that it were with me         As with the flower;     Blooming on its own tree     For butterfly and bee     Its summer morns:         That I might bloom mine hour     A rose in spite of thorns.     Oh that my work were done         As birds' that soar     Rejoicing in the sun:     That when my time is run     And daylight too,         I so might rest once more     Cool with refreshing dew.

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