“Then came the lovely spring with a rush of blossoms and music,

Flooding the earth with flowers, and the air with melodies vernal.”

 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “The Theologian’s Tale,” Tales of a Wayside Inn, 1863-1874.

“Praise with elation, / Praise every morning / Spring’s re-creation / Of the First Day!”

 Eleanor Farjeon, “A Morning Song (For the First Day of Spring),” The Children’s Bells (1960).