(1) The Red-Bud, the Kentucky Tree, Bloomed the spring to life for me In Freelands; and the Mocking Bird -- Nimble chorister of glee, Sweet as poet ever heard In a world of ecstasy -- Sang the summer, and the sun; Sang the summer in to me. (2) The spring is gone! The summer gone! The Cardinal has gone away! The fire-flies, dancing on the lawn, -- Each a little moon at play -- Are gone, with summer, gone away! And, where green acres were aglow, Daisy munches in the snow! (3) A snowy field! A stable piled With straw! A donkey's sleepy pow! A mother beaming on a child! A manger, and a munching cow! -- These we all remember now -- And airy voices, heard afar! And three Magicians, and a Star! (4) Two thousand times of snow declare That on the Christmas of the year There is a singing in the air; And all who listen for it hear A fairy chime, a seraph strain, Telling He is born again, -- That all we love is born again. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO THE UNKNOWN EROS: BOOK 1: 8. DEPARTURE by COVENTRY KERSEY DIGHTON PATMORE GARDEN DAYS: 3. THE FLOWERS by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON THE HOUSE-WARMING; A LEGEND OF BLEEDING-HEART YARD by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM TREES BE COMPANY by WILLIAM BARNES |