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I. ! when wilt thou return To thy spirit's early loves? To the freshness of the morn, To the stillness of the groves?

II. The summer-birds are calling, Thy household porch around, And the merry waters falling, With sweet laughter in their sound.

III. And a thousand bright-veined flowers, 'Midst the banks of moss and fern, Breathe of the sunny hours— —But when wilt thou return?