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Sonnet XXXV. Spring.

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In April's gilded morn when south winds blow,         And gently shake the hawthorn's silver crown,         Wafting its scent the forest-glade adown,         The dewy shelter of the bounding Doe,      Then, under trees, soft tufts of primrose show         Their palely-yellowing flowers; - to the moist Sun         Blue harebells peep, while cowslips stand unblown,         Plighted to riper May; - and lavish flow      The Lark's loud carols in the wilds of air.         O! not to Nature's glad Enthusiast cling         Avarice, and pride. - Thro' her now blooming sphere      Charm'd as he roves, his thoughts enraptur'd spring         To HIM, who gives frail Man's appointed time         These cheering hours of promise, and of prime.      April 29th, 1782.

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