Spring Breaks in Foam
Spring breaks in foam
Along the blackthorn bough.
Whitethroat and goldenwing
And mating now.
With green buds in the copse
And gold bloom in the sun
Earth is one ecstasy
Of life begun.
And on my heart
Spring breaks in glad surprise
As the long frosts of the long years melt
At your dear eyes.
---
Charles G.D. Roberts (1860-1943)
from The Vagrant of Time, 1927
[Poem is in the public domain in Canada and the European Union]
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