Queen Berengaria's Courtesy, and Other Poems By the Lady E. Stuart Wortley. In Three Vols |
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[The expectant Earth awaits thee, loveliest Spring!]
The expectant Earth awaits thee, loveliest Spring!And she shall greet thee with a burst of glee,
A mighty show of proud festivity,
More then e'er welcomed yet a new-crowned king,
Or conqueror, who himself might tidings bring
Unto his country that 'tis great and free,
And that himself hath wrought the victory.—
Hark! how the vernal Woods resounding sing!
Now strewn the Earth is, with soft flowers, whose bloom
Makes her as rosy as some glorious star—
That doth clear hues of sunniest sheen assume,
Though trembling in the firmaments afar!—
The expectant Earth awaits thee!—Come, oh! come!
These are thine hours—but chill and bleak they are!
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