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To a snowdrop

from Poems & Lyrics by John Collie (1856) by John Collie (1834-1893)

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. TO A SNOW DROP . WITH joy I hail thee , lovely gem , From out thy icy bed ; Thy silken drop , and slender stem , Tell the wintry winds hae fled . Sweet harbinger of brighter days , And skies more calm and clear , The sun will shine with warmer rays , Sweet flower , since thou art here . But ah ! what changes we have seen , Since last thy welcome forin Burst forth to deck the cheerless green , And the drooping heart to charm We've seen the summer's gaudy plumes Adorn each bank and brae ; We've tasted of their rich perfumes , And we've seen them pass away . We've seen old autumn thin and pale , With the sear and yellow leaf ; We've seen him stalking down the vale , With his sickle and his sheaf . And we've felt the grasp of winter's hand , As he roared o'er the snow - top'd hill ; And we've seen him bind in his iron band , The lake and the rippling rill . Then lift thy head , sweet floweret fair , Thy modest praise I'll sing ; And I'll tend thee with a lover's care , Thou Fairy Queen of Spring .

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from Poems & Lyrics by John Collie (1856), released May 24, 2022

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fiffdimension Featherston, New Zealand

Outsider music from Aotearoa NZ and beyond, by Dave Edwards and collaborators (from 1856 to 2024).

Spans acoustic & electric noise, rock, folk, spoken word, postpunk, free jazz, gamelan, lo fi, electronica, & ethnomusicology.

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