THERE'S not a leaf upon the tree
To show the sap is leaping,
There's not a blade and not an ear
Escaped from winter's keeping —
But there's a something in the air
A something here, a something there,
A restless something everywhere —
A stirring in the sleeping!
A robin's sudden, thrilling note!
And see — the sky is bluer!
The world, so ancient yesterday,
To-day seems strangely newer;
All that was wearisome and stale
Has wrapped itself in rosy veil —
The wraith of winter, grown so pale
That smiling spring peeps through her!