Riley farm-rhymes . WHEN EARLY MARCH SEEMS JVHDDLEMAY WHEN country roads begin to thawIn mottled spots of damp and dust,And fences by the margin drawAlong the frosty crustTheir graphic silhouettes, I say,The Spring is coming round this WHEN EARLY MARCH SEEMS AIIDDLE ilAY AAhcn nioniing-time is Ltright with sunAnd keen willi wind, and liotli confuse Tlie dancing;, glancinc; eyes of oneWilli tears tliat ooze and ooze—•And nose-tips wee]i as well as tlie},Tlie Spring- is coming round tliis way. Wlien suddenly some sliadow-ljird(icies waverin,q lieneath the ,£>aze, .Vnd tlirough the hed

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Riley farm-rhymes . WHEN EARLY MARCH SEEMS JVHDDLEMAY WHEN country roads begin to thawIn mottled spots of damp and dust,And fences by the margin drawAlong the frosty crustTheir graphic silhouettes, I say,The Spring is coming round this WHEN EARLY MARCH SEEMS AIIDDLE ilAY AAhcn nioniing-time is Ltright with sunAnd keen willi wind, and liotli confuse Tlie dancing;, glancinc; eyes of oneWilli tears tliat ooze and ooze—•And nose-tips wee]i as well as tlie},Tlie Spring- is coming round tliis way. Wlien suddenly some sliadow-ljird(icies waverin,q lieneath the ,£>aze, .Vnd tlirough the the moan is heard(H kine that fain would c^razeTn i^Tasses new, I smile and say,The Spring is coming round this way. When kuKitled horse-tails arc untied,^?d teamsters wdiistle here and there, And clums_\- nntts are lain asideAnd cli(i[ipers hands are chips are thick \\here children Spring is coming round this way. A\hen through the twigs the farmer tramps, And troughs are chunked bene

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