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First Line: Doth thy heart stir within thee at the sight
Last Line: And will for us endear spring-memories to the end.
Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea
Subject(s): Holidays; Spring; Trees


DOTH thy heart stir within thee at the sight
Of orchard-blooms upon the mossy bough?
Doth their sweet household-smile waft back the glow
Of childhood's morn -- the wondering, fresh delight
In earth's new colouring, then all strangely bright,
A joy of fairyland? Doth some old nook,
Haunted by visions of thy first-loved book,
Rise on thy soul, with faint-streaked blossoms white
Showered o'er the turf, and the lone primrose-knot,
And robin's nest, stil' faithful to the spot
And the bee's dreary chime? O gentle friend!
The world's cold breath, not Time's, this life bereaves
Of vernal gifts: Time hallows what he leaves,
And will for us endear spring-memories to the end.





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