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<div class="lesson">LESSON XXXVI.</div>
<div class="chaphead">SUMMER RAIN.</div>
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<td align="left"><p>Oh, gentle, gentle summer rain!<br/>
Let not the silver lily pine,<br/>
The drooping lily pine in vain,<br/>
To feel that dewy touch of thine,<br/>
To drink thy freshness once again,<br/>
Oh, gentle, gentle summer rain!</p>
<p>In heat the landscape quivering lies,<br/>
The cattle pant beneath the tree;<br/>
Through parching air and purple skies<br/>
The earth looks up, in vain, for thee;<br/>
For thee--for thee it looks in vain,<br/>
Oh, gentle, gentle summer rain!</p>
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<td align="left"><p>Come thou, and brim the meadow streams,<br/>
And soften all the hills with mist,</p>
<p>Oh, falling dew! From burning dreams<br/>
By thee shall herb and flower be kissed;<br/>
And earth shall bless thee yet again,<br/>
Oh, gentle, gentle summer rain!</p>
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