Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE LOVELINESS OF SPRING, by GIUSEPPE PARINI


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THE LOVELINESS OF SPRING, by                     Poet's Biography
Last Line: Are pitiful and kind
Subject(s): Shepherds & Shepherdesses; Spring; Love


THE loveliness of Spring
May once again be seen,
With languorous fragrancies
Strewing the air serene;

With tender grass and flowers
Are decked both hill and plain,
Unto her cherished nest
The swallow flies again;

Her sister, too, returns
Upon her bitter rue,
And kisses fond exchange
The turtle-doves anew;

The gentle sheep from out
Their tedious sojourn fare,
And the sweet-scented thyme
Go seeking here and there;

The little shepherdess
Bare-footed trips along,
Her shepherd's name so dear
Re-echoes in her song;

And he, pursuing Love,
Turns where the voice doth seem,
And kisses the chaste Nymph
Beside a limpid stream.

Love hath inflamed the world
To-day with his desire,
And with his merry ways
Doth everything inspire.

To grief of her fond swain
Chloris alone is blind;
All other souls save hers
Are pitiful and kind.





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