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1858–1935

THE YEAR'S MINSTRELSY

William Watson

Spring, the low prelude of a lordlier song: Summer, a music without hint of death: Autumn, a cadence lingeringly long: Winter, a pause;— the Minstrel-Year takes breath.

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