Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SPRING, by AGNES MARY F. ROBINSON Poet's Biography First Line: Spring, the tender maiden Last Line: That forgotten radiance of our youth! Alternate Author Name(s): Duclaux, Madame Emile; Darmesteter, Mary; Robinson, A. Mary F. Subject(s): Spring | ||||||||
SPRING, the tender maiden, Like a girl who greets her lover, Comes, her apron laden Deep with flower and leaf we liked of old; Not a sprig forgetting That we then demanded of her; Changing not nor setting Out of place the tiniest frill or fold. See, the aspen still is Hung awry to droop and falter; Still the leaves of lilies Lift aloft their tall and tender sheath. Wiser than the sages, Spring would never dare to alter What so many ages Showed already right in bloom and wreath. Ah, could Spring remember Every thrill and fancy perished In the soul's December; Lost for ever, faded from the truth! Holy things and tender, Dead, alas! however cherished. Breathe, O Spring, and render That forgotten radiance of our youth! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPRING LEMONADE by TONY HOAGLAND A SPRING SONG by LYMAN WHITNEY ALLEN SPRING'S RETURN by GEORGE LAWRENCE ANDREWS ODE TO SPRING by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD ODE TO SPRING by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD SPRING FLOODS by MAURICE BARING SPRING IN WINTER by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES SPRING ON THE PRAIRIE by HERBERT BATES THE FARMER'S BOY: SPRING by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD AN ORCHARD AT AVIGNON by AGNES MARY F. ROBINSON |
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