Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE COMING OF SPRING, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES


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First Line: How I have watched thy coming, spring
Last Line: Must laugh outright for love.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Spring


HOW I have watched thy coming, Spring,
From back in March, thy first-born day,
When smiles, all meaningless and strange,
Would twist thy face and pass away;
Such as will cross the faces of
Our babes before they grow to love,
Or wonder at the new-made light --
To this, thy great, all-smiling hour,
When thou hast soul and sight.

How I have waited for this day,
When thou, sweet Spring, art three weeks' old;
And I can hear that strange, sweet voice,
To seal the wonder of thy world;
That lifts the heart of old and young
To sing an echo to that song
Which cries "cuckoo" in every grove;
When I, who did but smile before,
Must laugh outright for love.





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