Welcome children of the Spring, In your garbs of green and gold, Lifting up your sun-crowned heads On the verdant plain and wold. As a bright and joyous troop From the breast of earth ye came Fair and lovely are your cheeks, With sun-kisses all aflame. In the dusty streets and lanes, Where the lowly children play, There as gentle friends ye smile, Making brighter life's highway. Dewdrops and the morning sun, Weave your garments fair and bright, And we welcome you to-day As the children of the light. Children of the earth and sun, We are slow to understand All the richness of the gifts Flowing from our Father's hand. Were our vision clearer far, In this sin-dimmed world of ours, Would we not more thankful be For the love that sends us flowers? Welcome, early visitants, With your sun-crowned golden hair With your message to our hearts Of our Father's loving care. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HE HAD HIS DREAM by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR TO THE RIVER CHARLES by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW THE TRIUMPH OF LIFE by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY TWO WOMEN by NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS TRAILING ARBUTUS by HENRY ABBEY A WINTER TWILIGHT by ARLO BATES FIAMMETTA: SONNET. OF HIS LAST SIGHT OF FIAMMETTA by GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO |