Memoirs of Anne C. L. Botta/Springtime

by Anne Lynch Botta

           Over the valleys and over the mountains,
             Borne on the wings of the south wind I come;
           Breaking the ice-chains, unloosing the fountains,
             Waking all Nature to beauty and bloom.

           Flowers from the green turf in myriads are springing;
             Zephyrs are faint with the perfume they bear;
           While the voices of Earth, Air, and Ocean are singing,
             Hail to the springtime! the youth of the year!

           Oh, gather my rosebuds and sport in my bowers,
             Children of Earth, while my footsteps I stay.
           Wreathe with your garlands my vanishing hours,
             Which like life's sunny springtime are passing away.