Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SPRING IN THE WOODS, by NINA GAIL STONG


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SPRING IN THE WOODS, by                    
First Line: Away to the woods!
Last Line: We miss those at our feet.
Subject(s): Forests; Spring; Woods


Away to the woods!
Where the shadows lie deep;
The flowers have awakened
From winter's long sleep,
The air's richly laden
With perfume so sweet,
A violet carpet
Is laid for our feet,
A green leafy arbor
O'erhead stretches high;
Hear the song of the birds!
See the blue of the sky!

Here's jack-in-the-pulpit,
With gay coat of green;
Here's a buttercup maiden,
The fairest I've seen;
Here are pure white lilies
And adder tongues gold;
What wonderful treasures
A spring day can hold.
Here are fine green umbrellas,
Should a sudden shower fall;
Here's a toadstool to rest on,
And here's a puffball.

So we wander and gather
The flowers at will;
The springtime is ours,
Our hearts with joy thrill.
We gather in handfuls,
How eager the quest;
Flowers seen in the distance
Seem brightest and best;
On and still onward
To a yet fairer land,
Those picked first are withered
By the warmth of the hand;
So in life's search for pleasure
Those beyond seem so sweet,
In our mad rush to pluck them
We miss those at our feet.





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