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46 WITH A GOLDEN NECKLACE.

 MAY SONG.

gloriously gleameth All nature to me! How bright the sun beameth, How fresh is the lea!

White blossoms are bursting The thickets among, And all the gay greenwood Is ringing with song!

There's radiance and rapture That nought can destroy, O earth, in thy sunshine, O heart, in thy joy!

