The Sun at noon to higher air,
So braver notes the storm-cock sings
The boys are up the woods with day
Afield for palms the girls repair,
In farm and field through all the shire
Unharnessing the silver Pair
That late before his chariot swam,
Rides on the gold wool of the Ram.
To start the rusted wheel of things,
And brutes in field and brutes in pen
Leap that the world goes round again.
To fetch the daffodils away,
And home at noonday from the hills
They bring no dearth of daffodils.
And sure enough the palms are there,
And each will find by hedge or pond
Her waving silver-tufted wand.
The eye beholds the heart's desire;
Ah, let not only mine be vain,
For lovers should be loved again.
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