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TO VIRGINIA by HENRY ATKINS

First Line: SPRING AND THE DAFFODIL AGAIN
Last Line: THY VALENTINE.
Subject(s): FLOWERS; LOVE; SPRING;

SPRING and the daffodil again—
I heard the lark at dawn,
A liquid cadence through the rain
Across my lawn.

The wet red roses all around
Stir in the breeze,
The first white trillium breaks the ground
Under the canyon trees.

I bring the wild white flower of spring,
Above all others thine,
As he whom with the gift I bring
Thy Valentine.



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