RONDEL.

When love is in her eyes
What need of Spring for me?
A brighter emerald lies
On hill and vale and lea.

The azure of the skies
Holds nought so sweet to me;
When love is in her eyes
What need of spring for me?

Her bloom the rose outvies,
The lily dares no plea,
The violet's glory dies,
No flower so sweet can be;
When love is in her eyes
What need of spring for me?

Anna Maria Fay.