Spring Is Coming

Spring is coming! spring is coming!
Birds are chirping, insects humming,
Flowers are peeping from their sleeping,
Streams escaped from winter's keeping,
In delighted freedom rushing,
Dance along in music gushing;
Scenes of late in deadness sadden'd
Smile in animation gladden'd:
All is beauty, all is mirth,
All is glory upon earth.
Shout we then, with Nature's voice —
Welcome Spring! rejoice! rejoice!
Spring is coming! come, my brother,
Let us rove with one another,
To our well-remember'd wild-wood,
Flourishing in nature's childhood,
Where a thousand flowers are springing,
And a thousand birds are singing;
Where the golden sunbeams quiver
On the verdure-bordered river;
Let our youth of feeling out
To the youth of nature shout,
While the waves repeat our voice —
Welcome Spring! rejoice! rejoice!