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BIRDS in the green of my garden / Blackbirds and throstle and wren, / Wet your dear wings in the tears that are Spring's / And so to your singing again! / Birds in my blossoming orchard, / Chaffinch and goldfinch and lark, / Preen your bright wings, little happy live things; / The May trees grow white in the park!
Birds in the leafy wet woodlands, / Cuckoo and nightingale brown, / Sing to the sound of the rain on green ground -- / The rain on green leaves dripping down! / Fresh with the rain of the May-time, / Rich with the promise of June, / Deep in her heart, where the little leaves part, / Love, like a bird, sings in tune!