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TO JOHN BURROUGHS by WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS

First Line: FROM BLOSSOMED BOUGHS AND NESTING BIRDS
Last Line: ALL NATURE HAILS HER SON, JOHN BURROUGHS.
Subject(s): BURROUGHS, JOHN (1837-1921); LOVE; NATURE;

From blossomed boughs and nesting birds,
From springing grass and new-turned furrows,
With love too great for forward words,
All nature hails her son, John Burroughs.



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