Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry. 1904.
III. The SeasonsMarch
William Wordsworth (17701850)T
The stream is flowing,
The small birds twitter,
The lake doth glitter,
The green field sleeps in the sun;
The oldest and youngest
Are at work with the strongest;
The cattle are grazing,
Their heads never raising;
There are forty feeding like one!
The snow hath retreated,
And now doth fare ill
On the top of the bare hill;
The ploughboy is whooping—anon—anon
There ’s joy on the mountains;
There ’s life in the fountains;
Small clouds are sailing,
Blue sky prevailing;
The rain is over and gone!