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A PRAYER FOR SPRING, by                    
First Line: I want to know the joy once more
Last Line: So god—let me see one more spring.
Subject(s): Happiness; Spring; Joy; Delight


I want to know the joy once more,
Of watching snowdrifts melt
From round about my door.
Once more to see the first green blades
Pierce as a sword, the dark earth's crust;
And see the leaves tinge branches bare
With softest green; and maples, budding red.
To see the forsythia's golden bells,
Which seem to ring as chimes, and tell
The children, and all passersby—" 'Tis spring,
Today you'll see the swallows fly."
All these I've seen for many a year,
And yet, at times I almost fear
I've missed perhaps some lovely thing;
So God—let me see one more spring.





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