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| <!--author within poem-->Rupert Brooke |
| <!--date within poem-->1912 |
| <!--title within poem-->Song |
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| <!--line within stanza within poem-->And suddenly the wind comes soft, |
| <!--line within stanza within poem-->And Spring is here again; |
| <!--line within stanza within poem-->And the hawthorn quickens with buds of green |
| <!--line within stanza within poem-->And my heart with buds of pain. |
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| <!--line within stanza within poem-->My heart all Winter lay so numb, |
| <!--line within stanza within poem-->The earth so dead and frore, |
| <!--line within stanza within poem-->That I never thought the Spring would come again |
| <!--line within stanza within poem-->Or my heart wake any more. |
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| <!--line within stanza within poem-->But Winter's broken and earth has woken, |
| <!--line within stanza within poem-->And the small birds cry again; |
| <!--line within stanza within poem-->And the hawthorn hedge puts forth its buds, |
| <!--line within stanza within poem-->And my heart puts forth its pain. |
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