"The singing of birds, A warbling band, And flowers, are words Which even a babe may understand."
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The Winter is over and gone at Last", st. 2. Frank Foxcroft (ed.) Resurgit: A Collection of Hymns and Songs of the Resurrection (Boston: Lee and Shepard; New York: Charles T. Dillingham, 1879), p. 323. Often paraphrased: "Flowers are words which even a baby can understand.
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Arthur Cleveland Coxe
Arthur Cleveland Coxe (May 10, 1818 – July 20, 1896) was the second Episcopal bishop of Western New York. He used Cleveland as his given name and is often cited as A. Cleveland Coxe.
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