John Shaw Neilson

“ O Heart of Spring!
O Heart of Spring!
After the stormy days of winters reign,
When the keen winds their last lamentare sighing,
The Sun shall raise thee up to life again.
In thy dim death thou shalt not suffer pain ”

“ And long-winged swallows unafraid returning. . . .
Whither, oh whither, this thy journeying.
O Heart of Spring!
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