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From: ROBERTA L. BURGE


THE FIRST SPRING MORNING

ALAS! ALAS! THE SPRING IS HERE, OH FEEL

THE GENTLE BREEZE.

THAT WANDERS THROUGH THE FLOWERS TO BURST,

AND SOMETIMES MAKES YOU SNEEZE.
THE BLUE JAYS ARE CONTENT TO SEE, THE BRIGHTLY

SUNLIT DAY.
WINTER IS GONE FOR A WHILE, THEY CHIRP, AND OUR

CARES ARE GONE AWAY.
THE MEADOWS FLOW WITH FIELDS OF GREEN,

WHY NOT DANCE AND PLAY.
AND LOOK FOR DAISIES DOWN THE LANE, AND RUN

FAR-FAR AWAY.
TO LOOK DOWN AND GATHER PINE CONES,

THAT IN THE FOREST GROW.
AND GAILY HUNT FOR DANDELIONS, THAT RISE UP

FROM THE SNOW.
THERE THE OLD WOODSMAN GRUFF, HAS HALF THE

FOREST CUT.
AND STACKS THE WOODPILE ALL DAY LONG, BESIDE

HIS TINY HUT.
WE'LL TIPTOE UP TO SEE HIM, AND STARTLE HIM

WITH GLEE,
PRAISING THE BITTER WINTER GONE, AND WARM

SPRINGTIME YET TO BE.