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"Though fair the tree on which it blooms, this red flower fills me with a strange misgiving."

"Though I saw him but as a shadow that falls on hurrying waters yet knew I that at last my hour of utmost misery was come."

"Already the icicle that hangs from the eaves is melting in the rays of the morning sun. How comes it that these drippings to new ice should turn?"

"Now like a traveller who has tried two ways in vain, I stand perplexed where these sad seasons meet."