Spring Morning

<SPAN name="startofbook"></SPAN> <h1> <br/><br/> SPRING<br/> MORNING<br/> </h1> <p class="t3b"> BY<br/></p> <p class="t2"> FRANCES CORNFORD<br/></p> <p class="t3"> (<span class="smcap">Woodcuts by G. Raverat</span>)<br/></p> <h3> <SPAN name="spring"></SPAN> SPRING MORNING<br/> </h3> <p>Now the moisty wood discloses<br/> Wrinkled leaves of primèroses,<br/> While the birds, they flute and sing:<br/> Build your nests, for here is Spring.<br/></p> <p>All about the open hills<br/> Daisies shew their peasant frills,<br/> Washed and white and newly spun<br/> For a festival of sun.<br/></p> <p>Like a blossom from the sky,<br/> Drops a yellow butterfly,<br/> Dancing down the hedges grey<br/> Snow-bestrewn till yesterday.<br/></p> <p>Squirrels skipping up the trees<br/> Smell how Spring is in the breeze,<br/> While the birds, they flute and sing:<br/> Build your nests, for here is Spring.<br/></p> <p><br/><br/><br/></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />