Spring's Promises

Richard Le Gallienne 1866 (Liverpool) – 1947



When the spring comes again, will you be there?
Three springs I watched and waited for your face,
And listened for your voice upon the air;
I sought for you in many a hidden place,
Saying, 'She must be there.'

'Surely some magic slumber holds her fast,
She whose blue eyes were morning's earliest flowers,'
I sighed: and, one by one, before me passed
The rainbowed daughters of the vernal showers,
Saying, 'She comes at last.'

Ah! broken promise of the world! how fair
You speak young hearts! In many a wanton word
Of lyric April, each succeeding year,
By risen flower, and the returning bird,
You vowed to bring back her.

And now the flutes are in the trees once more,
The violets breathe up through the melting snow,
Old Earth throws open wide her grassy door-
As if there were no violets long ago,
Or any birds before.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABABA CDCDC AEXEX FGFGF
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 810
Words 155
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5, 5

Richard Le Gallienne

Richard Le Gallienne was an English author and poet. The American actress Eva Le Gallienne was his daughter, by his second marriage. more…

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