O! sweet is the music of the early rain; List to its drippings on the dusty leaves! See its limpid crystals fringe the cottage caves! Hark, how it chatters to each flower and tree ...
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912), Sat 2 Apr 1887, Page 703
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