SPRING IN EXILE

Wind of the morn, of the morn of the year,

Violet-laden breath of spring,

To the flowers and the lasses whispering

Things that a man's ear cannot hear,

In thy friendly grasp I would lay my hand,

But thou comest not from my native land.

Birds of the morn, of the morn of the year,

Chanting your lays in the bosky dell,

Higher and fuller your round notes swell,