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life's long round by chance I found
 * A dell impearled with dew,

Where hyacinths, gushing from the ground,
 * Lent to the earth heaven's native hue

Of holy blue.

I sought that plot of azure light
 * Once more in gloomy hours;

But snow had fallen overnight And wrapped in mortuary white
 * My fairy ring of flowers.

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