The Riverside song book/A Dream of Summer

by John Greenleaf Whittier

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A DREAM OF SUMMER.

John Greenleaf Whittier German Air.

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1. Bland as the morn-ing breath of June The southwest breez-es

2. The fox his hill - side cell forsakes, The muskrat leaves his

3. So, in those win - ters of the soul, By bit - ter blasts and

4. The Night is moth-er of the Day, The Win-ter of the

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play; And, thro' its haze, the win - ter noon Seems

nook, The blue - bird in the mead - ow brakes Is

drear, O'er - swept from Mem - ory's fro - zen pole. Will

Spring, And ev - er up - on old De - cay The

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warm as sum-mer's day. The snow - plumed An - gel

sing - ing with the brook. "Bear up, O Moth - er

sun - ny days ap - pear. Re - viv - ing Hope and

green - est moss- es cling. Be - hind the cloud the

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of the North Has dropp'd his i - cy spear; A - gain the moss - y

Na - ture!" cry Bird, breeze, and streamlet free; "Our win- ter voi - ces

Faith, they show The soul its liv-ing pow'rs, And how be - neath the

star - light lurks, Thro' show'rs the sunbeams fall; For God,who lov - eth

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earth looks forth, A - gain the streams gush clear, streams gush clear.

proph - e - sy Of sum- mer days to thee, days to thee!"

win - ter's snow Lie germs of sum - mer flowr's, sum - mer flow'rs!

all His works, Has left His Hope with all, Hope with all!

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