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  "year": 1888,
  "venue": "November Boughs (Philadelphia: David McKay, 1888)",
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    "text": "Not meagre, latent boughs alone, O songs! (scaly and bare, like eagles’ talons,)",
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   {
    "text": "But haply for some sunny day (who knows?) some future spring, some summer⁠—bursting forth,",
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   {
    "text": "To verdant leaves, or sheltering shade⁠—to nourishing fruit,",
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   {
    "text": "Apples and grapes⁠—the stalwart limbs of trees emerging⁠—the fresh, free, open air,",
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   {
    "text": "And love and faith, like scented roses blooming.",
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