’Tis the first day of Spring!
 The catkins are a-bloom,
 The bluebirds are a-wing,
’Tis the first day of Spring!
 Faint scents the breezes bring;
 Man’s thoughts new shape assume.
’Tis the first day of Spring,
 The catkins are a-bloom!

From Drifting Flowers of the Sea and Other Poems (1904) by Sadakichi Hartmann. This poem is in the public domain.