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SPRING by MARION J. CARLEY

First Line: WHEN NATURE WAKENS FROM HER SLEEP
Last Line: TO HIM WHO RULES THE EARTH AND SKIES.
Subject(s): SPRING; WINTER;
When Nature wakens from her sleep
And jonquils from their covers peep,
Then Spring is here with laughing lip
And of her nectar bids us sip,
Inhale the odors of her flowers
Called forth by warm and gentle showers;

Cold Winter, with her ice and sleet,
Is routed and in full retreat,
The sun beams down with kindly rays --
And in our hearts glad hymns of praise
Well up -- and from our lips arise
To Him who rules the earth and skies.



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