| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 180. Song in March |
| | | By William Gilmore Simms |
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| NOW are the winds about us in their glee, | |
| Tossing the slender tree; | |
| Whirling the sands about his furious car, | |
| March cometh from afar; | |
| Breaks the sealed magic of old Winter’s dreams, | 5 |
| And rends his glassy streams; | |
| Chafing with potent airs, he fiercely takes | |
| Their fetters from the lakes, | |
| And, with a power by queenly Spring supplied, | |
| Wakens the slumbering tide. | 10 |
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| With a wild love he seeks young Summer’s charms | |
| And clasps her to his arms; | |
| Lifting his shield between, he drives away | |
| Old Winter from his prey;— | |
| The ancient tyrant whom he boldly braves, | 15 |
| Goes howling to his caves; | |
| And, to his northern realm compelled to fly, | |
| Yields up the victory; | |
| Melted are all his bands, o’erthrown his towers, | |
| And March comes bringing flowers. | 20 |
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