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1. From out the South the genial breezes sigh, / They shake the bramble branches to and fro, / Whose lovely green delights the gazer's eye -- / A mother's thoughts are troubled even so.
From out the South the genial breezes move, / They shake the branches of the bramble-tree; / Unless the sons fair men and honest prove, / The virtuous mother will dishonor'd be.