Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SPRING, by JANET HAMILTON


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SPRING, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The wintry storms are over
Last Line: That hail the budding spring.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson
Subject(s): Calm; Nature; Spring; Placid; Undisturbed; Tranquility


THE wintry storms are over,
The winds are lull'd to rest;
Spring is tripping o'er the meads
With violets on her breast.
The daisy shy is peeping
Up from the fresh green sod;
The lark on high is singing
A hymn of praise to God.

The sportive stream is dancing
And singing through the dell,
Where children gather cresses
Beside the fairy well.
Primrose pale and hyacinth blue
In sweet profusion blow,
And feath'ry ferns are waving
Around the blossom'd sloe.

Blithesome lambs are gamb'ling
O'er meadow, lea, and hill,
And minnow shoals are swarming
In every sunny rill.
The woodland glades are ringing
With trilling, tuneful notes,
Poured out in love and gladness
From thousand warbling throats.

Fragrant birch and scented briar
Are breathing in the breeze,
And May her blossom'd banner hangs
Upon the hawthorn trees.
Nature in her sweetest mood
Has sown the earth with flowers—
Drawn from the founts of dew, her hands
The vernal treasure pours.

How sweet, how pure the pleasure—
How little understood—
To trace Thy hand in nature,
Thou Giver of all good!
Thy glory in the sunshine,
Thy beauty in the flowers,
Thy bounty in the springing corn,
And balmy April showers.

Nature, fair in every phase,
The changing seasons bring,
Is fairest in the vernal flush—
The garniture of Spring.
Hers is the promise of the year,
The dawn of virgin charms,
The fair young bride soon sleeping
In Summer's glowing arms.

Summer! lily-crowned and rich
In myriad rosy blooms,
Charming the eye, and shedding
A thousand sweet perfumes—
Yet, queenly Summer! never
To thee my muse can sing
The strains, so sweet and tender,
That hail the budding Spring.





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