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Alfred Perceval Graves b. 1846The White Blossoms off the Bog
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And the singing birds have scattered across the stormy seas:
And oh! ’t is winter,
Wild, wild winter!
With the lonesome wind sighing for ever through the trees.
When I rested in the meadow with my head on Patrick’s knees!
And oh! ’t was spring-time,
Sweet, sweet spring-time!
With the daisies all dancing before in the breeze.
And the birds they ’ll flutter back with their songs across the seas,
But I ’ll never rest again with my head on Patrick’s knees;
And for me’t will be winter,
All the year winter,
With the lonesome wind sighing for ever through the trees.