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Storms of the winter, and deepening snows, / When will you end? I said, / For the soul within me was numb with woes, / And my heart uncomforted. / When will you cease, O dismal days? / When will you set me free? / For the frozen world and its desolate ways / Are all unloved of me!
I waited long, but the answer came -- / The kiss of the sunshine lay / Warm as a flame on the lips that frame / The song in my heart to-day. / Blossoms of summer-time waved in the air, / Glimmers of sun in the sea; / Fair thoughts followed me everywhere, / And the world was dear to me.