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Then flash the wings returning Summer calls
Through the deep arches of her forest halls,—
The bluebird, breathing from his azure plumes
The fragrance borrowed where the myrtle blooms.
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I have a scratch across my concrete driveway caused by a snowplow. Is there any way to make it less noticeable? – Answer
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