Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A TIME-WORN TUNE, by ANNIE MATHESON


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First Line: The breezes sweep like fairy brooms
Last Line: The joy of living!
Subject(s): Hearts; Love; Poetry & Poets; Spring


THE breezes sweep like fairy brooms
Over the fire of crocus-blooms;
The snowdrops white have left their tombs,
And Spring's a-coming!
Soon will the lilac-trees unfold
The hidden blossoms that they hold,
Laburnums shake their clustered gold,
And bees be humming.

O wondrous world, that, year by year,
Grows still more beautiful and dear,
In spite of grief and pain! how clear
Thy heavens are laughing!
How sweet the air, how warm the sun,
How bright the brimming rivers run,
Dimpled by fishes one by one
The sunshine quaffing!

There's many a heart to-day must ache,
Or in the spring-tide glory break,
Though sunbeams all the flowers awake,
Soft kisses giving:
But light and love may others heal
Until, with slow surprise, they feel
A Master-hand to-day unseal
The joy of living!





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