A thousand songs from a thousand boughs The glad birds' pleasure declare ; The rills are laughing in crystal light- For the presence of Spring is there. (Letitia Elizabeth Landon)

A thousand songs from a thousand boughs The glad birds' pleasure declare ; The rills are laughing in crystal light- For the presence of Spring is there.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon

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