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Like Crusoe, Walking By The Lonely Strand

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Like Crusoe, walking by the lonely strand     And seeing a human footprint on the sand,     Have I this day been startled, finding here,     Set in brown mould and delicately clear,     Spring's footprint--the first crocus of the year!     O sweet invasion!    Farewell solitude!     Soon shall wild creatures of the field and wood     Flock from all sides with much ado and stir,     And make of me most willing prisoner!

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