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41 THE NORTHERN SPRING.

the soft breath of Spring goes forth, Far o'er the mountains of the North, How soon those wastes of dazzling snow With life, and bloom, and beauty glow!

Then bursts the verdure of the plains, Then break the streams from icy chains; And the glad rein-deer seeks no more Amidst deep snows his mossy store.

Then the dark pine-wood's boughs are seen Fring'd tenderly with living green; And roses, in their brightest dyes, By Lapland's founts and lakes arise.