The Beautiful Spring
THANK God for the beautiful, beautiful spring!
He has lifted the aim on high again.
And he smiled on the earth, so cold and white,
Till winter was weary of so much light,
And, gathering his robes, with sighs and pain,
He left the earth to the beautiful spring.
Thank God for the spring, the beautiful spring!
The sun sent messengers down from the skies
To waken the waters out of their dreams,
And take the ice away from the streams,
To teach them to flash in a thousand dyes,
And babble and sing of the beautiful spring.
Thank God for the spring, the beautiful spring!
It has brought the robins with flaming breasts,
With so much happiness and love in their throats,
They are all the time spilling out silver notes.
The bare trees knowingly wave their crests,
For there's promise of leaves in the beautiful spring!
Dear Father, we thank thee again for the spring,
We know 'tis thy smile on the sun-blighted earth;
'Tis because of thy love this light is so sweet;
Thou givest the grass, and the corn, and the wheat.
Come closer, we pray thee, our souls are in dearth,
Oh, waken in them a beautiful spring!
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