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by Unknown

I’m sure it is to me.

I wonder if ’tis really so—

Or only hope the while,

That tells of swelling buds and flowers,

And Summer’s coming smile.

Whate’er it is, the April shower

Makes me a child again;

I feel a rush of youthful blood

Come with the April rain.

And sure, were I a little bulb