Bud doth the rose and daisy, winter done,

But we, once dead, do no more see the sun!

What fair is wrought

Falls in the prime, and passeth like a thought.

SONNET.—SPRING.

Sweet Spring, thou com'st with all thy goodly train,—

Thy head with flame, thy mantle bright with flowers:

The zephyrs curl the green locks of the plain,—

The clouds for joy in pearls weep down their showers;—

Sweet Spring, thou com'st—but ah! my pleasant hours,