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TO JUNE by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON

First Line: MONTH OF THE PERFECT LOVE
Last Line: THOU CANST NOT DULL THE PANG, BUT OH! TUNE EVERY CHORD TO SONG!
Subject(s): JUNE;

MONTH of the perfect love,
Month of the perfect leaf, --
The mellow-mourning dove
Thine only note of grief, --
Oh, let me hide within thy shade a sorrow past relief!

Thou, unto whose employ
All Nature's arts belong --
Fragrance and warmth and joy:
Admit me to thy throng.
Thou canst not dull the pang, but oh! tune every chord to song!



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