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That zephyr every year  So soon was heard to sigh in forests here,  It was for her: that wrapp'd in gowns of green  Meads were so early seen,  
That in the saddest months oft sung the merles, It was for her; for her trees dropp'd forth pearls.  That proud and stately courts  Did envy those our shades and calm resorts,  
It was for her; and she is gone, O woe!  Woods cut again do grow,   Bud doth the rose and daisy, winter done;  But we, once dead, no more do see the sun. — William Drummond of Hawthornden
1585-1649
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