IN SPRING-TIME
ALL rosy-white the orchard shows,
All blossom-sweet the west wind blows,
And sights and scents together bring
To yearning hearts the joy of Spring.
All blossom-sweet the west wind blows,
And sights and scents together bring
To yearning hearts the joy of Spring.
Through sunny vapors streams the sun,
And lights and showers blend in one;
The fragrant rain through fragrance falls
And grape-vines bud on sheltering walls.
And lights and showers blend in one;
The fragrant rain through fragrance falls
And grape-vines bud on sheltering walls.
Out-warbling from his generous throat,
The golden robin's golden note
Calls to the lily and the rose
Still greenly hid in leafy close.
The golden robin's golden note
Calls to the lily and the rose
Still greenly hid in leafy close.
Hills capped with silence, as with snow,
Catch laughter faint of brooks below;
With starry dandelions gay
The meadows mimic night by day.
Catch laughter faint of brooks below;
With starry dandelions gay
The meadows mimic night by day.
Dim-cloistered in the odorous wood,
A shadow-loving sisterhood,
The wild flowers that the sun forswear
Are pale as pious nuns with prayer.
A shadow-loving sisterhood,
The wild flowers that the sun forswear
Are pale as pious nuns with prayer.
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