Poems (Ford)/Spring

For works with similar titles, see Spring.
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SPRING.
Again the fairy foot of Spring Comes tripping o'er the lea;Young blossoms ope their dewy eyes, Her smiling face to see;The streamlets gush in rippling play, The woods with music ring,And smiling Nature seems to say: "Oh, welcome, joyous Spring!"
The broad folds of her emerald robe O'er hill and vale are spread,And at her touch the violet lifts From earth its drooping head;The soft peach-blossom tints her cheek, Her brow the myrtle wreathes,And where steps the hyacinth Its fragrant odor breathes.
When Morning from her eastern couch Comes forth on rosy wings,The blue-bird 'mong the locust boughs Her joyous matin sings; ​The robin flits from branch to branch, And carols loud and clear,And all things round us seem to say: "Bright Spring, glad Spring, is here!"
As bursts of liquid melody Gush forth from bower and grove,In gratitude to Nature's God For all His care and love,We, too, should with the joyous birds Our grateful voices raise,And make the duties of each day An anthem in His praise.
Yes, Spring is here—with joy we hail Her sunny face once more—Fair herald of the Summer's bloom, And of the Autumn's store;And as the buds in beauty burst, Touched by her magic wand,The heart seems, too, with joyous hope And gladness to expand.
The sleeping earth in beauty wakes Where'er her footsteps fall;And Nature's myriad voices blend In music, at her call;And as the opening buds exhale Their fragrance from the sod, ​The heart its grateful incense sends Up to the throne of God.
Dear God, who made this world so fair, What mortal e'er can tellThe glories of that cloudless land Where saints and angels dwell?Oh, may the fleeting loveliness That here on earth we see,Forever bid our 'wandering thoughts Ascend to heaven and Thee.
Oh, glorious Spring, thy breezes waft The light wings of the soulFrom earth to where o'er golden sands Life-giving waters roll,Where seraph-choirs their happy songs In bowers of beauty sing,And fadeless flowers wreathe the brow Of a perpetual Spring.
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