Heart of Spring!


 * O Heart of Spring!

Spirit of love and light and joyous day,
 * So soon to faint beneath the fiery Summer;

Still smiles the Earth, eager for thee alway; Welcome art thou, soever short thy stay,
 * Thou bold, thou blithe newcomer!
 * Whither, oh whither this thy journeying,
 * O Heart of Spring!


 * O Heart of Spring!

After the stormy days of winters reign,
 * When the keen winds their last lamentare sighing,

The Sun shall raise thee up to life again. In thy dim death thou shalt not suffer pain;
 * Surely thou dost not fear this quietdying?
 * Whither, or whither blithely journeying,
 * O Heart of Spring!


 * O Heart of Spring!

Youth's emblem, ancient as unchanging light,
 * Uncomprehended, unconsumed, still burning;

Oh, that we could, as thee, rise from the night So find a world of blossoms lilac-white,
 * And long-winged swallows unafraid returning. . ..
 * Whither, oh whither, this thy journeying.
 * O Heart of Spring!