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green when the season comes I believe again
that old untruth of a melancholy lark
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Wednesday 9 September 1668
Dave Bonta
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green when the season comes I believe again
that old untruth of a melancholy lark
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Wednesday 9 September 1668
The speaker describes a moment when green comes back with the season and, almost against better judgment, belief returns with it. The word "again" matters: this has happened before, and the speaker knows it.
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