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108 A DREAM OF SUMMER.

John Greenleaf Whittier

Moderato cres. dim. dim. 1. Bland as the morn-ing breath of June The southwest breez-es

2. The fox his hill - side cell forsakes, The muskrat leaves his

3. So, in those win - ters of the soul, By bit - ter blasts and

4. The Night is moth-er of the Day, The Win-ter of the

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play; And, thro' its haze, the win - ter noon Seems

nook, The blue - bird in the mead - ow brakes Is

drear, O'er - swept from Mem - ory's fro - zen pole. Will

Spring, And ev - er up - on old De - cay The

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warm as sum-mer's day. The snow - plumed An - gel

sing - ing with the brook. "Bear up, O Moth - er

sun - ny days ap - pear. Re - viv - ing Hope and

green - est moss- es cling. Be - hind the cloud the

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of the North Has dropp'd his i - cy spear; A - gain the moss - y

Na - ture!" cry Bird, breeze, and streamlet free; "Our win- ter voi - ces

Faith, they show The soul its liv-ing pow'rs, And how be - neath the

star - light lurks, Thro' show'rs the sunbeams fall; For God,who lov - eth

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