’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.