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HYMN 9, by                    
First Line: A breath of roses in the wind doth seize on me
Last Line: God.—my heart is at ease!
Subject(s): Flowers; Grass; Roses; Soul; Spring


A breath of roses in the wind doth seize on me. Glory and life to my heart! I
spring again, eternal.—A breath of roses, a murmur of bees, make my soul
divine, set my heart at ease.

Beauteous as Saint Michael, spring descends from the clouds, places a foot on
earth, another, and is here. The aerial host of blossoms burgeons forth, in the
light of her sword, unsheathed from the sun.

Glory and life to my heart! I spring again, eternal. A breath of roses, a
murmur of bees, and that vision alight above the trees, make my soul divine, set
my heart at ease.

The curtains of springtime unroll in the heavens; see wafted down the many
flights of swallows! And my soul is divine, my heart is at ease: a breath of
roses in the wind doth on me seize.

Spring has lifted her sword of light. At heaven's onslaught the blossoms
issue forth! Lying on the new, pale grass, kingly and unconcerned, I behold the
conquest!

Glory and life to my heart! My soul is eternal. A breath of roses in the wind
doth on me seize. A breath of roses, a murmur of bees, give me the soul of a
god.—My heart is at ease!





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