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OH, give us pleasure in the flowers to-day; | |
And give us not to think so far away | |
As the uncertain harvest; keep us here | |
All simply in the springing of the year. | |
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Oh, give us pleasure in the orchard white, | 5 |
Like nothing else by day, like ghosts by night; | |
And make us happy in the happy bees, | |
The swarm dilating round the perfect trees. | |
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And make us happy in the darting bird | |
That suddenly above the bees is heard, | 10 |
The meteor that thrusts in with needle bill, | |
And off a blossom in mid air stands still. | |
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For this is love and nothing else is love, | |
The which it is reserved for God above | |
To sanctify to what far ends He will, | 15 |
But which it only needs that we fulfil. | |
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