Sang the redbreast over them hovering

All as the world were but just made new.

—ALICE CARY.

Daffodils,

That come before the swallow dares, and take

The winds of March with beauty; violets, dim

But sweeter than the lids of Juno’s eyes

Or Cytherea’s breath.

—WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE.

Could you not come when woods are green?