Day 939: Firstlings

                                                         

'(Out upon Winter! Down with Sorrow!)

These are the things that I know are true.'

Have you come across any signs of spring yet? Lovely February sentiments here - that is the turn away from winter and hopeful gaze toward the warm bright days of spring now on the horizon. 




Firstlings - Louise Imogen Guiney

In the dregs of the year, all steam and rain,

In the timid time of the heart again,

When indecision is bold and thorough,

And action dreams of a dawn in vain,

I saw high up over Bloxham vale

The ploughshare tilt to the next long trail,

And, spying a larder in every furrow,

The wagtails crowd like a dancing hail!

A second wonder there on the hill:

Beneath the hedge, I saw with a thrill

The budding primroses laugh good-morrow

From a deep cradle rocked by a rill!

Wagtail smart in his belted blue,

Primrose paying her gold ere due,—

(Out upon Winter! Down with Sorrow!)

These are the things that I know are true.