There's no time like Spring!

 

Previous Spring

 

Frost-locked all the winter,

Seeds, and roots, and stones of fruits,

What shall make their sap ascend

That they may put forth shoots,

Tips of tender green,

Leaf, or blade, or sheath;

Telling of the hidden life

That breaks forth underneath,

Life nursed in its grave by Death.

Blows the thaw-wind pleasantly,

Drips the soaking rain,

By fits looks down the waking sun:

Young grass springs on the plain;

Young leaves clothe early hedgerow trees;

Seeds, and roots, and stones of fruits,

Swollen with sap, put forth their shoots;

Curled-headed ferns sprout in the lane;

Birds sing and pair again.

When life's alive in everything,

Before new nestlings sing,

Before cleft swallows speed their journey back

Along the trackless track, —

God guides their wing,

He spreads their table that they nothing lack,

Before the daisy grows a common flower,

Before the sun has power

To scorch the world up in his noontide hour.

There is no time like Spring,

There is no time like Spring,

Like Spring that passes by;

There is no life like Spring-life born to die,

Piercing the sod,

Clothing the uncouth clod,

Hatched in the nest,

Fledged on the windy bough,

Strong on the wing:

There is no time like Spring that passes by,

Now newly born, and now

Hastening to die.

by Christina Rossetti, 1830 - 1894

Wishing you a wonderful 

Spring Season

full of happiness and good times! 

Happy Spring! 

cordially yours, 

isabella 

linked with: Floral Friday - My Corner of the World -  Sunday Best #422 - Mosaic Monday #128 

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