<h2><SPAN name="ROBIN" id="ROBIN"></SPAN>Robin</h2>
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<span class="i0"><span class="letra">T</span>HERE’S not a leaf on the vine where you swing<br/></span>
<span class="i2">And the wind is chill and the sky is grey,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">But all undaunted you flutter and sing,<br/></span>
<span class="i2">“Ho, the first of May! Ho, the first of May!”<br/></span>
<span class="i0">There’s never a hint of yesterday’s frost,<br/></span>
<span class="i2">Of the hunger and cold and waiting long,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">Never a plaint over what you have lost<br/></span>
<span class="i2">Thrown into the notes of your happy song;<br/></span>
<span class="i0">The gladness is pressed in your bosom red,<br/></span>
<span class="i2">And the gloss is laid on your little head.<br/></span>
<span class="i0">I thank you for singing, robin to-day,<br/></span>
<span class="i2">For flaunting before me, jolly and bold,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">Chirping, “Ho! Ho! do you know it is May,<br/></span>
<span class="i2">Or are you so dull you have to be told?”<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page_042" id="page_042"></SPAN>{42}</span><br/></span></div>
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