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A WOOD SONG by WILLIAM ALEXANDER PERCY

First Line: MY LOVE IS A BUSH IN BLOOM
Last Line: AND DEARER FAR THAN YOU.
Subject(s): FORESTS; LOVE; SINGING & SINGERS; WOODS;

My love is a bush in bloom,
My love is a bird in the air,
My love is an April day,
And a wind with golden hair.

A melody is my love
That trembles and glistens and goes,
A forest in bud is my love
Where hidden laughter flows.

Good-bye, O sweet-lipped maiden,
O trusted friend, adieu!
My old love is my new love
And dearer far than you.



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