“Come, gentle Spring! ethereal mildness, come.”
Source: The Seasons (1726-1730), Spring (1728), l. 1.
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“O Wind,
If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?”
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St. V
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Context: Scatter, as from an unextinguished hearth
Ashes and sparks, my words among mankind!
Be through my lips to unawakened earth
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Source: The Kite Runner
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Source: Aphorisms and Reflections (1901), p. 17
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Oh, the pretty flowers,
Coming ere the spring time,
To tell of sunny hours.”
Mary Howitt (1799–1888) English poet, and author
"Buttercups and Daisies," http://books.google.com/books?id=jrwkAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Buttercups+and+daisies+Oh+the+pretty+flowers+Coming+ere+the+Spring+time+To+tell+of+sunny+hours%22&pg=PA119#v=onepage The Christmas Library: Birds and flowers and other country things, Volume 1 http://books.google.com/books?id=ezkGfAEACAAJ&q=%22Buttercups+and+daisies+Oh+the+pretty+flowers+Coming+ere+the+Spring+time+To+tell+of+sunny+hours%22 (1837).