Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HER SMILE OF CHEER AND VOICE OF SONG, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY


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First Line: Spring fails, in all its bravery of
Last Line: Reclaims those gifts of hers.
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Nature; Smiles; Spring


SPRING fails, in all its bravery of brilliant gold and green, --
The sun, the grass, the leafing tree, and all the dazzling scene
Of dewy morning -- orchard blooms
And woodland blossoms and perfumes
With bird-songs sown between.

Yea, since she smiles not any more, so every flowery thing
Fades, and the birds seem brooding o'er her silence as they sing --
Her smile of cheer and voice of song
Seemed so divinely to belong
To ever-joyous Spring!

Nay, still she smiles. -- Our eyes are blurred and see not through our tears:
And still her rapturous voice is heard, though not of mortal ears: --
Now ever doth she smile and sing
Where Heaven's unending Clime of Spring
Reclaims those gifts of hers.





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