Where are the songs of Spring? Aye, where are they? Think not of them;…

John Keats
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Where are the songs of Spring? Aye, where are they? Think not of them; thou has thy music too. ✨ To Autumn l. 23 (1820)
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Where are the songs of Spring? Aye, where are they? Think not of them; thou has thy music too. ✨ To Autumn l. 23 (1820)

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