ANOTHER SPRING 



F I might see another Spring 



I 'd not plant summer flowers and wait : 

 I 'd have my crocuses at once, 

 My leafless pink mezereons. 



My chill-veined snowdrops, choicer yet 



My white or azure violet, 

 Leaf-nested primrose ; anything 



To blow at once not late. 



If I might see another Spring 



I 'd listen to the daylight birds 

 That build their nests and pair and sing. 

 Nor wait for mateless nightingale ; 



I 'd listen to the lusty herds, 



The ewes with lambs as white as snow, 

 I 'd find out music in the hail 



And all the winds that blow. 



If I might see another Spring — 



Oh stinging comment on my past 

 That all my past results in ' If ' — 



If I might see another Spring 

 I 'd laugh to-day, to-day is brief ; 

 I would not wait for anything : 



I 'd use to-day that cannot last. 



Be glad to-day and sing. 



CHRISTINA ROSSETTI. 



74 



