Now are the winds about us in their glee, Tossing the slender tree; Whirling the sands about his furious car, March cometh from afar; Breaks the sealed magic of old Winter's dreams, And rends his glassy streams; Chafing with potent airs, he fiercely takes Their fetters from the lakes, And, with a power by queenly Spring supplied, Wakens the slumbering tide. With a wild love he seeks young Summer's charms And clasps her to his arms; Lifting his shield between, he drives away Old Winter from his prey; -- The ancient tyrant whom he boldly braves, Goes howling to his caves; And, to his northern realm compelled to fly, Yields up the victory; Melted are all his bands, o'erthrown his towers, And March comes bringing flowers. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A GIRL'S THOUGHTS by ISAAC ROSENBERG RUINES OF ROME by JOACHIM DU BELLAY TO MY DEAR AND LOVING HUSBAND by ANNE BRADSTREET RELIEVING GUARD by FRANCIS BRET HARTE AGAMEMNON: WELCOME TO AGAMEMNON by AESCHYLUS LILIES: 27. THE WAVE-TOSSED VESSEL by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) |