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<h2> LAUGHING ROSE </h2>
<p>If I were gusty April now,<br/>
How I would blow at laughing Rose;<br/>
I'd make her ribbons slip their knots,<br/>
And all her hair come loose.<br/>
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If I were merry April now,<br/>
How I would pelt her cheeks with showers;<br/>
I'd make carnations, rich and warm,<br/>
Of her vermilion flowers.<br/>
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Since she will laugh in April's face,<br/>
No matter how he rains or blows—<br/>
Then O that I wild April were,<br/>
To play with laughing Rose.<br/></p>
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