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ODE TO SPRING.
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Reluctant shall I bid thee then farewell:For O, not all that Autumn's lap contains,Nor Summer's ruddiest fruits,Can aught for thee atone,
Fair Spring! whose simplest promise more delightsThan all their largest wealth, and through the heartEach joy and new-born hopeWith softest influence breathes.