Spring [First came the rain, loud, with sonorous lips]

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Title:     Spring [First came the rain, loud, with sonorous lips]
Author: Madison Julius Cawein [More Titles by Cawein]

First came the rain, loud, with sonorous lips;
A pursuivant who heralded a prince:
And dawn put on a livery of tints,
And dusk bound gold about her hair and hips:
And, all in silver mail, then sunlight came,
A knight, who bade the winter let him pass,
And freed imprisoned beauty, naked as
The Court of Love, in all her wildflower shame.
And so she came, in breeze-borne loveliness,
Across the hills; and heav'n bent down to bless:
Before her face the birds were as a lyre;
And at her feet, like some strong worshiper,
The shouting water paean'd praise of her,
Who, with blue eyes, set the wild world on fire.

[The end]
Madison Julius Cawein's poem: Spring [First came the rain, loud, with sonorous lips]

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