Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse. 1922.
HolidayHenry Dawson Lowry (18691906)
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And half-asleep I heard the sudden rain,
Most welcome, petulant at my window-pane:
And knew sweet Spring, Hell’s prisoner, was released.
Kindly but cold, and in the splendid bay
White are the waves, and white the flying spray,
More white the clouds wherewith the vast sky fills.
Than even hail: then, quick, the hearty sun!
And all day long, until the day is done,
Dance the gay daffodils in smocks of gold.