HARK! did ye hear them -- the rumours afloat Of her near advent? Yon gossiping trees Murmured it then -- while that robin's clear note Preached a soft gospel, retold by the breeze: Steal on, sweet Spring! Each wistful thing Knows the glad secret -- descend on bright wing! Glance like a sunbeam whose life-giving ray Slants thro' the mist to unchain fettered Earth! Flash her to freedom, as on the set day Prisoners are lit to new life, hope, and mirth! Field, wood, and stream Gild with thy gleam! Flush them with beauty like love in a dream! Lighten grey Earth till her slumbering face Wears a new glory, as when some dark soul Wakes to self-knowledge, or glows with rare grace Born of the fire that from Heaven she has stole; Or lends due scope To some faint hope, Potent a world of delight to unope! Greet patient Earth with a lingering kiss! Long has she looked for thy promised return, As a girl sighing for sisterly bliss Peers from afar a faint form to discern. Let each fair face Fondly embrace, While all stand 'mazed at such ravishing grace. People dull Earth, as a genius his theme, Fertile in blossom and life at his spell! Paint her as when a true artist his dream Seeks on bare canvas divinely to tell, Till the world pause, In rapt applause, At the rare charm of the picture he draws! Bid silent Earth with new music resound! As a lorn minstrel, whose tuneful heart thrills To passion glances, sheds melody round Fraught with sweet echoes that faint in far hills. Mate all the lone; Each with its own Chiming Love's paean in manifold tone! Hasten, bright Fairy! unfetter my heart; Rouse it from slumber; caress it to health; Throng it with beautiful thoughts and impart To its fresh dreams Colour's loveliest wealth; Quicken its dower; Lend it new power Bird-like to sing mid its own fragrant bower! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CONTRA MORTEM: THE CHILD by HAYDEN CARRUTH FLOWER GUIDANCE by ROBERT FROST THE LAST MAN'S CLUB by JAMES GALVIN |