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Summer is come again. The sun is bright, / And the soft wind is breathing. Airy joy / Is sparkling in thine eyes, and in their light / My soul is shining. Come; our day's employ / Shall be to revel in unlikely things, / In gayest hopes, fondest imaginings, / And make-believes of bliss. Come, we will talk / Of waning moons, low winds, and a dim sea; / Till this fair summer, deepening as we walk, / Has grown a paradise for you and me.
But ah, those leaves! -- it was not summer's mouth / Breathed such a gold upon them. And look there --