As if his path all glory were,

Midst bright fields rich in daisies.

But now he seems to walk on clouds

With heavy plunging paces,

And squirts, as from a watering-pot,

Rain-drizzle in our faces.

Young Spring, Young Spring, Young Spring!

You’re grown a freakish fellow,

For now you smile, and now you weep,—

John!—bring me my umbrella.