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32 And the first bleat of the lamb.

Then when the summer evenings fall serene,

Unto the country dance his songs repair,

And you may meet some maids with angel mien,

Bright eyes and twilight hair.

When Autumn's crayon tones the green leaves sere,

And breezes honed on icebergs hurry past;

When meadow-tides have ebbed and woods grow drear,

And bow before the blast;

When briars make semicircles on the way;

When blackbirds hide their flutes and cower and die;

When swollen rivers lose themselves and stray

Beneath a murky sky;