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 O Love! do you know the spring is here? . . . The dawn and the dusk grow rife With scent and song and tremulous mirth, The blind, rich travail of life. The winds are drunk with the odorous breath Of henna, sarisha, and neem. . . Do they ruffle your cold, strange, tranquil sleep, Or trouble your changeless dream With poignant thoughts of the world you loved, And the beauty you held so dear? Do you long for a brief, glad hour to wake From your lonely slumber for sweet love's sake, To welcome the new-born year? 44