"March"

March

Hey, alder, hang thy tassels out
        This blue and golden morn;
And willow, show thy silver plush,
        Wild grape, thy scarlet thorn!

And velvet moss about the trees,

        Lift every russet cup;
The dew is coming down this way,
        With pearls to fill them up.

And birds, why tarry so a-South?
        Spent is the bitter rain!
With messages of love and cheer
        Come North, come North again.

"March" as it appears in Ella Higginson's The Voice of April-Land and Other Poems (1903).

"March" as it appears in Ella Higginson's Four-Leaf Clover (1901).