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    "text": "Soon shall the winter’s foil be here;",
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    "text": "Soon shall these icy ligatures unbind and melt⁠—A little while,",
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    "text": "And air, soil, wave, suffused shall be in softness, bloom and growth⁠—a thousand forms shall rise",
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    "text": "Thine eyes, ears⁠—all thy best attributes⁠—all that takes cognizance of natural beauty,",
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