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1858–1935

MENSIS LACRIMARUM

William Watson

March, that comes roaring, maned, with rampant paws, And bleatingly withdraws; March,—‘ tis the year's fantastic nondescript, That, born when frost hath nipped

The shivering fields, or tempest scarred the hills, Dies crowned with daffodils. The month of the renewal of the earth By mingled death and birth:

But, England! in this latest of thy years Call it — the Month of Tears.

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