When lilacs last in the ...

When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom\'d / And the great star early droop\'d in the western sky in the night, / I mourn\'d, and yet shall mourn with ever-returning spring.
When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd / And the great star early droop'd in the western sky in the night, / I mourn'd, and yet shall mourn with ever-returning spring.

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