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First Line: Winter? Spring? Who knows!
Last Line: Yet their fragrance augurs spring.
Subject(s): Flowers; Seasons


Winter? Spring? Who knows!
White buds from the plumtrees wing
And mingle with the snows.
No blue skies these flowers bring,
Yet their fragrance augurs Spring.





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