From Charles Hallock 



GLASSY POOL, GODBOUT RIVER 



SPRING— A VILLANELLE 



BY MARGUERITE OGDEN BIGELOW 



O'er the wide expanse of the fertile plain, 

 And the softer swing of the warmer wave, 

 There breathes a loss that is all a gain! 



For the last soft snows are dissolved to rain, 

 And it lightly falls on the last year's grave, 

 O'er the wide expanse of the fertile plain. 



Through the last wind song, in a wild refrain, 

 That the goodwives fear, and the goodmen brave 

 There breathes a loss that is all a gain. 



Lost the sad, old life of the winter's pain, 

 And hail! to the glad new life we crave 

 O'er the wide expanse of the fertile plain. 



Awake from a slumber weak and vain! 



In the rich, sweet air, that can heal and save, 



There breathes a loss that is all a gain. 



Oh, the glowing strength, that we may attain! 

 Oh, the old-time soil, that new love may lave! 

 O'er the wide expanse of the fertile plain 

 There breathes a loss that is all a gain. 



