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/ I. The summer takes its hue / From something opulent as fair in her, / And the bright heaven is brighter than it was; / Brighter and lovelier, / Arching its beautiful blue, / Serene and soft, as her sweet gaze, o'er us.
/ II. The springtime takes its moods / From something in her made of smiles and tears, / And flowery earth is flowerier than before, / And happier, it appears, / Adding new multitudes / To flowers, like thoughts, that haunt us evermore.
/ III. Summer and spring are wed / In her -- her nature; and the glamour of / Their loveliness, their bounty, as it were, / Of life and joy and love, / Her being seems to shed, -- / The magic aura of the heart of her.