Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume VII. Descriptive: Narrative. 1904. | | | | Descriptive Poems: I. Personal: Rulers; Statesmen; Warriors | | To the Spring | | Sir John Davies (1570–1626) |
| | From “Hymnes of Astræa, in Acrosticke Verse” |
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E ARTH now is green, and heaven is blue, | |
| L ively Spring which makes all new, | |
| I olly Spring, doth enter; | |
| S weet young sun beams do subdue | |
| A ngry, agèd Winter. | 5 |
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| B lasts are mild, and seas are calm, | |
| E very meadow flows with balm, | |
| T he Earth wears all her riches; | |
| H armonious birds sing such a psalm, | |
| A s ear and heart bewitches. | 10 |
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| R eserve (sweet Spring) this Nymph of ours, | |
| E ternal garlands of thy flowers, | |
| G reen garlands never wasting: | |
| I n her shall last our state’s fair Spring, | |
| N ow and for ever flourishing, | 15 |
| A s long as Heaven is lasting. | | | |
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