Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, WORK TO DO, by ANNETTE WYNNE


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WORK TO DO, by                    
First Line: What busy times the world sees now
Last Line: Your way—you sing!
Subject(s): April; Harvest; Labor & Laborers; Plantation Life; Spring; Work; Workers


WHAT busy times the world sees now,
With sprouting from each root and bough,
Go frost, come rain, shine out, O sun,
Or else the work will not be done.
There's much to do, there's much to do,
Before the springtime rush is through;
The fountain must be started flowing,
The little breeze must start its blowing,
And every seed must start its growing,
And you, O bird, your task in spring—
Is just to sing!

How warm the sun shines on the ground,
There's not a lazy twig around;
Sing bird, sprout twig, climb up, O seed,
Here's work, indeed, here's work, indeed;
The fountains all are busy flowing;
The softest little breeze is blowing;
And every seed is striving, growing;
And you, O bird, are helping spring
Your way—you sing!





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