O’er earth to kindle seem.

THE SPRING STORM.

I love the storm in early May,

When spring’s first maiden thunder peals,

And, laughing in its frolic play,

Across the blue sky softly steals.

The little rumblings roll and ring;

The rain-shower glistens; flies the dust;

The rain-drop pearls in clusters cling,

And golden gleams the fields encrust.