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But Nature too, shakes off her sleep today By May's mild sun we see reviv'd her frame, Around my window Venus' birds proclaim, The month most cherish'd backwards bends his way!

Alphonse de Lamartine

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Alphonse de Lamartine
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Alphonse Marie de Lamartine
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