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Easter

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What exultations in my mind,     From the love-bite of this Easter wind!     My head thrown back, my face doth shine     Like yonder Sun's, but warmer mine.     A butterfly - from who knows where -     Comes with a stagger through the air,     And, lying down, doth ope and close     His wings, as babies work their toes:     Perhaps he thinks of pressing tight     Into his wings a little light!     And many a bird hops in between     The leaves he dreams of, long and green,     And sings for nipple-buds that show     Where the full-breasted leaves must grow.

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