In a garment of sensitive flame

In the west, and a royal blue sky overhead,

With exuberant breath and the bloom of all things

Having wonders and wings,

Being risen elate from the dead.

Yea, it came with a flush

Of pied flowers, and a turbulent rush

Of spring-loosened waters, and an odorous hush

At nightfall,—and then I was glad

With the gladness of one who for militant months has been sad.