Poems (Baldwyn)/The Return of Spring

by Augusta Baldwyn

THE RETURN OF SPRING.

The song of spring returns!
 And ev'ry lovely thing
For which my weary spirit yearns
 Is sweetly blossoming.

And in the waves' low tone,
 In their awaken'd flow,
The welcome voice of joys long gone,
 Doth whisper sad and low.

And every sound doth find
 An answ'ring echo still;
Sweet music breathes upon the wind
 And echoes o'er the hill.

The waters soft reply,
 And flow'rs and sunny trees
All gently answer every sigh
 That floats upon the breeze.

And while all nature sings,
 And all around is fair,
Oh, may the joy this season brings
 Dispel each earth-born care!