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AZALEA.COPYRIGHT 1899,
DOUBLEDAY & McCLURE CO., NEW YORK.

THE AZALEA.

Fill soft and deep, O winter snow!

The sweet azalea's oaken dells,

And hide the bank where roses blow,

And swing the azure bells!

Whittier.