DAYS full of rapture, <br /> <br />Are ye renew'd ?-- <br />Smile in the sunlight <br /> <br />Mountain and wood? <br /> <br />Streams richer laden <br /> <br />Flow through the dale, <br />Are these the meadows? <br /> <br />Is this the vale? <br /> <br />Coolness cerulean! <br /> <br />Heaven and height! <br />Fish crowd the ocean, <br /> <br />Golden and bright. <br /> <br />Birds of gay plumage <br /> <br />Sport in the grove, <br />Heavenly numbers <br /> <br />Singing above. <br /> <br />Under the verdure's <br /> <br />Vigorous bloom, <br />Bees, softly bumming, <br /> <br />Juices consume. <br /> <br />Gentle disturbance <br /> <br />Quivers in air, <br />Sleep-causing fragrance, <br /> <br />Motion so fair. <br /> <br />Soon with more power <br /> <br />Rises the breeze, <br />Then in a moment <br /> <br />Dies in the trees. <br /> <br />But to the bosom <br /> <br />Comes it again. <br />Aid me, ye Muses, <br /> <br />Bliss to sustain! <br /> <br />Say what has happen'd <br /> <br />Since yester e'en? <br />Oh, ye fair sisters, <br /> <br />Her I have seen!<br /><br />Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/premature-spring/
