Spring's Rebirth
Springtime~and earth awakens,
Nature clothes herself anew;
After winter's bleakness
Spring comes smiling through.
Springtime~and tender grass
Spreads softly, greenly, o'er the lawn,
While chirping robins cheerfully
Proclaim the early dawn.
Springtime brings the sunshine~
Beams that warmly penetrate
To the darkly hidden spots
Where the germs of life await.
Springtime means new beginnings,
Sermons in each tender shoot;
Peach and plum and apple blossoms
Promise give of summer fruit.
Springtime~and Easter's message~
Earth adopts a hopeful mood.
Easter means resurrection,
Life and strength and faith renewed.
Easter~and reassurance
Soothes a weary, ravaged earth;
As again her people witness
The changeless miracle of spring's rebirth.
~Elizabeth Lathrop Powers
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