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Summer, sweet Summer, many-fingered Summer!     We hold thee very dear, as well we may:     It is the kernel of the year to-day--     All hail to thee! thou art a welcome comer!     If every insect were a fairy drummer,     And I a fifer that could deftly play,     We'd give the old Earth such a roundelay     That she would cast all thought of labour from her.--     Ah! what is this upon my window-pane?     Some sulky, drooping cloud comes pouting up,     Stamping its glittering feet along the plain!--     Well, I will let that idle fancy drop!     Oh, how the spouts are bubbling with the rain!     And all the earth shines like a silver cup!

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