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TO GEORGE H. BOUGHTON, R.A (1) by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: SPRING STIRS AND WAKES BY HOLT AND HILL
Last Line: SPRING STIRS AND WAKES!
Subject(s): BOUGHTON, GEORGE HENRY (1833-1905); PAINTINGS & PAINTERS;
SPRING stirs and wakes by holt and hill;
In barren copse and bloomless close
Revives the memory of the rose,
And breaks the yellow daffodil.

Look how the spears of crocus fill
The ancient hollows of the snows, --
Spring stirs and wakes!

Yet what to you are months? At will
For you the season comes or goes;
We watch the flower that fades and blows,
But on your happy canvas still
Spring stirs and wakes!



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