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An April Aria.

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When the mornings dankly fall         With a dim forethought of rain,     And the robins richly call     To their mates mercurial,         And the tree-boughs creak and strain         In the wind;     When the river's rough with foam,         And the new-made clearings smoke,     And the clouds that go and come     Shine and darken frolicsome,         And the frogs at evening croak         Undefined     Mysteries of monotone,         And by melting beds of snow     Wind-flowers blossom all alone;         Then I know     That the bitter winter's dead.         Over his head     The damp sod breaks so mellow, -     Its mosses tipped with points of yellow, -         I cannot but be glad;     Yet this sweet mood will borrow     Something of a sweeter sorrow,         To touch and turn me sad.

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