 | The poems and sonnets of Louise Chandler Moulton |  |
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THE SPRING IS LATE.
She stood alone amidst the April fields,—
Brown, sodden fields, all desolate and bare,—
“The spring is late,” she said,—“the faithless spring,
That should have come to make the meadows fair.
Brown, sodden fields, all desolate and bare,—
“The spring is late,” she said,—“the faithless spring,
That should have come to make the meadows fair.
“Their sweet South left too soon, among the trees
The birds, bewildered, flutter to and fro;
For them no green boughs wait,—their memories
Of last year's April had deceived them so.
The birds, bewildered, flutter to and fro;
For them no green boughs wait,—their memories
Of last year's April had deceived them so.
“From 'neath a sheltering pine some tender buds
Looked out, and saw the hollows filled with snow;
On such a frozen world they closed their eyes;
When spring is cold, how can the blossoms blow?”
Looked out, and saw the hollows filled with snow;
On such a frozen world they closed their eyes;
When spring is cold, how can the blossoms blow?”
She watched the homeless birds, the slow, sad spring,
The barren fields, and shivering, naked trees:
“Thus God has dealt with me, his child,” she said,—
I wait my spring-time, and am cold like these.
The barren fields, and shivering, naked trees:
“Thus God has dealt with me, his child,” she said,—
I wait my spring-time, and am cold like these.
“To them will come the fulness of their time;
Their spring, though late, will make the meadows fair;
Shall I, who wait like them, like them be blest?
I am His own,—doth not my Father care?”
Their spring, though late, will make the meadows fair;
Shall I, who wait like them, like them be blest?
I am His own,—doth not my Father care?”
| The poems and sonnets of Louise Chandler Moulton | |