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APRIL MORNING by GEORGE ELLISTON

First Line: I WOULD SPEND A MORNING
Last Line: BUT HOW SHALL I BEGIN?
Subject(s): APRIL; NATURE;
I would spend a morning
With an April apple tree,
Speaking to it softly
And laughing out in glee.

All the summer sunshine
And all the winter moon
Are shining in the blossoms
That will be gone so soon.

I will spend a morning
With a friendly apple tree,
Hearing many secrets
That it will tell to me.

I will take a morning
To drink the beauty in;
I will take a morning --
But how shall I begin?



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