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So Spring must dawn again with warmth and bloom, Or in this world, or in the world to come.
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“So Spring must dawn again with warmth and bloom, Or in this world, or in the world to come.”

Christina Rossetti

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The First Spring Day — Christina Rossetti
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1862
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Meaning of “So Spring must dawn again with warmth and…”

The speaker insists on eventual spring while leaving its fulfillment open between earthly renewal and a religious hope beyond this life.

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“The First Spring Day,” Project Gutenberg #16950. The alternative 'world to come' makes the Christian eschatological dimension explicit.

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