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Grief melts away Like snow in May, As if there were no such cold thing. — George Herbert

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Grief melts away Like snow in May, As if there were no such cold thing.

George Herbert
The Temple, Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations · 1633
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1633
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George Herbert
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Herbert, George. "The Flower." The Complete Poetry, edited by John Drury and Victoria Moul. Penguin Classics, 2015, st. 1.
Original citation
Herbert, George. "The Flower." The Temple, Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations. Cambridge: University of Cambridge, 1633, st. 1.

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