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Unchilled by the rain, and unwaked by the wind,   The lily lies sleeping thro' winter's cold hour, Till Spring's light touch her fetters unbind,   And daylight and liberty bless the young flower.

From The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes by Rossetti, William Michael