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In March

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The sun falls warm: the southern winds awake:     The air seethes upward with a steamy shiver:     Each dip of the road is now a crystal lake,     And every rut a little dancing river.     Through great soft clouds that sunder overhead     The deep sky breaks as pearly blue as summer:     Out of a cleft beside the river's bed     Flaps the black crow, the first demure newcomer.     The last seared drifts are eating fast away     With glassy tinkle into glittering laces:     Dogs lie asleep, and little children play     With tops and marbles in the sunbare places;     And I that stroll with many a thoughtful pause     Almost forget that winter ever was.

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