Rain and Roses

<h2><SPAN name="A_DAY_IN_SPRING" id="A_DAY_IN_SPRING"></SPAN>A Day in Spring</h2> <div class="poetry"> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="ig"><span class="letra">G</span>O slow, O! day immaculate;<br/></span> <span class="ih">Much slower than the rest.<br/></span> <span class="i0">Master of time, mark every hour<br/></span> <span class="i0">As tho’ thou were not pressed,&mdash;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Or hurried. But more leisurely<br/></span> <span class="i0">And gently let them chime.<br/></span> <span class="i0">Oh! morn, take off thy wings of speed<br/></span> <span class="i0">And let this day be mine.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">O! day, immaculate and kind,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Make no rude haste or speed.<br/></span> <span class="i0">But loiter in less trodden paths<br/></span> <span class="i0">Walk lightly o’er the mead.<br/></span> <span class="i0">Spring and I are holding hands<br/></span> <span class="i0">On a green hill’s dazzling crest.<br/></span> <span class="i0">Make this day, God, go very slow<br/></span> <span class="i0">More slowly than the rest.<br/></span> <span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page_39" id="page_39">{39}</SPAN></span></div> </div></div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />