Now
rings the woodland loud and long,
The distance takes a lovelier hue,
And drown’d in yonder living blue
The
lark becomes a sightless song.
Now
dance the lights on lawn and lea,
The flocks are whiter down the vale,
And milkier every milky sail
On
winding stream or distant sea;
Where
now the seamew pipes, or dives
In yonder greening gleam, and fly
The happy birds, that change their sky
To
build and brood; that live their lives
From
land to land; and in my breast
Spring wakens too; and my regret
Becomes an April violet,
And
buds and blossoms like the rest.