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Do you ask what the birds say? The Sparrow, the Dove, / The Linnet and Thrush say, "I love and I love! " / In the winter they're silent -- the wind is so strong; / What it says, I don't know, but it sings a loud song. / But green leaves, and blossoms, and sunny warm weather, / And singing, and loving-all come back together. / But the Lark is so brimful of gladness and love, / The green fields below him, the blue sky above, / That he sings, and he sings; and for ever sings he -- / "I love my Love, and my Love loves me! "