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The Collected Poems of Philip Bourke Marston | ||
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WASTED SPRING.
Once more, though late, comes back to us the Spring!
May's sunbeams waver in the wavering trees,
And leaves and grasses sing in the singing breeze;
The time hath come for nightingales to sing,—
And suddenly, one day in June may bring
From fields wherein 't were good to lie at ease,
Life-giving as the perfume of blown seas
The warm, keen smell of hay, bewildering
May's sunbeams waver in the wavering trees,
And leaves and grasses sing in the singing breeze;
The time hath come for nightingales to sing,—
And suddenly, one day in June may bring
From fields wherein 't were good to lie at ease,
Life-giving as the perfume of blown seas
The warm, keen smell of hay, bewildering
The sense with its sharp sweetness; but to-day,
Notes solemn, and sad, and measured have I heard,—
The cuckoo's desolate cry presaging ill,
Telling of falling leaves, cold skies, and gray:
Make the Spring hopeless then, prophetic bird,
Since that one voice eternally is still!
Notes solemn, and sad, and measured have I heard,—
The cuckoo's desolate cry presaging ill,
Telling of falling leaves, cold skies, and gray:
Make the Spring hopeless then, prophetic bird,
Since that one voice eternally is still!
The Collected Poems of Philip Bourke Marston | ||