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Alternate Author Name(s): Bell, Ellis
Subject(s): Spring; Flowers


May flowers are opening,
āàAnd leaves unfolding free;
There are bees in every blossom,
āàAnd birds on every tree.

The sun is gladly shining,
āàThe stream sings merrily;
And lonely I am pining,
āàAnd all is dark to me.

O cold, cold is my heart!
āàIt will not, cannot rise;
It feels no sympathy
āàWith those refulgent skies.

Dead, dead is my joy,
āàI long to be at rest;
I wish the damp earth covered
āàThis desolated breast.

If I were quite alone,
āàIt might not be so drear,
When all hope was gone;
āàAt least I could not fear.

But the glad eyes around me
āàMust weep as mine have done,
And I must see the final gloom
āàEclipse their morning sun.






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