O HEART of Spring! <br /> Spirit of light and love and joyous day, <br />So soon to faint beneath the fiery Summer: <br />Still smiles the Earth, eager for thee alway: <br />Welcome art thou, soever short thy stay, <br />Thou bold, thou blithe newcomer! <br />Whither, O whither this thy journeying, <br /> O heart of Spring? <br /> <br /> O heart of Spring! <br />After the stormy days of Winter’s reign, <br />When the keen winds their last lament are sighing, <br />The Sun shall raise thee up to life again: <br />In thy dim death thou shalt not suffer pain: <br />Surely thou dost not fear this quiet dying? <br />Whither, O whither this thy journeying, <br /> O heart of Spring? <br /> <br /> O heart of Spring! <br />Youth’s emblem, ancient and unchanging light, <br />Uncomprehended, unconsumed, still burning: <br />Oh that we could, as thou, rise from the night <br />To find a world of blossoms lilac-white, <br />And long-winged swallows unafraid returning… <br />Whither, O whither this thy journeying, <br /> O heart of Spring? <br /> <br /><br /><br />John Shaw Neilson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/o-heart-of-spring/
