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James Russell Lowell - Scherzo
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When the down is on the chin
And the gold-gleam in the hair,
When the birds their sweethearts win
And champagne is in the air,
Love is here, and Love is there,
Love is welcome everywhere.

Summer`s cheek too soon turns thin,
Days grow briefer, sunshine rare;
Autumn from his cannekin
Blows the froth to chase Despair:
Love is met with frosty stare,
Cannot house `neath branches bare.

When new life is in the leaf
And new red is in the rose,
Though Love`s Maytlme be as brief
As a dragon-fly`s repose,
Never moments come like those,
Be they Heaven or Hell: who knows?

All too soon comes Winter`s grief,
Spendthrift Love`s false friends turn foes;
Softly comes Old Age, the thief,
Steals the rapture, leaves the throes:
Love his mantle round him throws,--
`Time to say Good-by; it snows.`
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