Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SPRING, by THEOPHILE JULIUS HENRY MARZIALS



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SPRING, by                    
First Line: I stand as on the verge of life; 'tis spring
Last Line: My full heart fails when it should be most strong.
Alternate Author Name(s): Marzials, Theo; Marzials, Theophile Jules Henri
Subject(s): Hearts; Life; Spring


I stand as on the verge of life; 'tis Spring,
When springs are welling ere they brim away;
When waking birds just cheep and shake their wing,
And clouds come winding in the virgin day.
I look through fruit-boughs fresh with sprout and spray,
Down loam-hills loosed by shoots where thick dews cling,
From out the deep sky night yet dreams away,
Down lush marsh woods and waters wandering.
I stand between the past and the pursuing,
Between the dream'd of deed and the undone,
With all the earth on tiptoe for the doing,
And breathless for the start-word of the sun;
And dreaming drifts away and big with song
My full heart fails when it should be most strong.





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