“Late February days; and now, at last,
Might you have thought that Winter's woe was past;
So fair the sky was and so soft the air.”

— William Morris

"February".
The Earthly Paradise (1868-70)

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“Late February days; and now, at last,Might you have thought that Winter's woe was past;So fair the sky was and so soft the air.”

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“Late February days; and now, at last,
Might you have thought that Winter's woe was past;
So fair the sky was and so soft the air.”