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A PLEA by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS

First Line: THE WILD WIND SMITES THE LILY
Last Line: COME, LET US LOVE AGAIN!

The wild wind smites the lily,
But kisses her next day;
The iciest December
Is melted into May.

The sullen bleak of woodland
Laughs with a brook ere long;
The bare and silent branches
Burst to a bloom of song.

O kind, forgiving Nature!
O unforgiving men!
And you and I, my darling,
Come, let us love again!



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