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arebell, trembli

rose, the joy o

a lily, lifted

ovely rose, the

et lilies show a

h all its thorns

na G. R

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poppy

sun-flower? How

grown gold

d all the bees

wn brother

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whereon the wi

nd the nodding

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m Shak

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ly has

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na G. R

wdr

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spears a

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earth where

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thread

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skirts fit

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make a prom

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a nice

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think of

year, and

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winged

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del

wery night

sound of

and surpris

it in the

waked by b

our dream

dawn their

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folk the d

day, idl

pon the sel

f vet'ran

eir trembling

and noisele

a-day! they

were heard

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lax F

ittle fla

eth on

breeze awa

standet

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little gr

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t comes the

as is

dainty lit

as we

goodly li

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how those

immer i

or him in

tly shal

how those te

ill yield

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thyme, the h

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for the chi

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wers enough u

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ve tilled

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standet

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loved t

had a m

its ste

befall the

the kind

h unto its s

unto its

How

ittle

een hedges a

dear little

modest and be

wthorn in so

roses, and bl

the dear littl

ds where they sc

may know where the

Mou

Song in

birch is a

rs a sa

akes the old c

not liv

oak is a s

is green

smart in a s

the beech

en gown God gi

n as He

ld up their a

rides thro

proud, and the

r's gentl

ee's kind to the

him bes

Nes

e

leaf-buds were bu

away?" said the F

ave the

lossoms ha

ile he trembled fro

blossoms, and al

m away?" said the

ave the

berries h

hile his leaflet

is fruit in the

"May I gather t

l thou c

; all are

le he bent down hi

jerne B

aisy'

ragm

with his

t so mu

on, all si

well be i

spring-t

he life

n the tee

ach pre

here no

e where no

the nig

leat my

n K

o

r beech and t

by the sha

own both at a

t down whi

t know, that as

r chang

teach either

but a gree

Love

Good

s and Queen

want

of you,

ul, beautiful,

irds' heads get so

f them sing

er you

me for g

e stalk or pul

head or u

ers of pon

er you

tever y

omethin

or the

or the

r the Nixies

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