Song,ComposedInSpring

song,composedinspring

tune—“jockey'sgreybreeks.”

againrejoicingnaturesees

herrobeassumeitsvernalhues:

herleafylockswaveinthebreeze,

allfreshlysteep'dinmorningdews.

chorus.—andmaunistillonmeniedoat,

andbearthescornthat'sinhere'e?

forit'sjet,jetblack,an'it'slikeahawk,

an'itwinnaletabodybe.

invaintomethecowslipsblaw,

invaintomethevi'letsspring;

invaintomeinglenorshaw,

themavisandthelintwhitesing.

andmaunistill,&c.

themerryploughboycheershisteam,

wi'joythetentieseedsmanstalks;

butlifetome'sawearydream,

adreamofanethatneverwauks.

andmaunistill,&c.

thewantoncootthewaterskims,

amangthereedstheducklingscry,

thestatelyswanmajesticswims,

andev'rythingisblestbuti.

andmaunistill,&c.

thesheep-herdsteekshisfauldingslap,

ando'erthemoorlandswhistlesshill:

wi'wild,unequal,wand'ringstep,

imeethimonthedewyhill.

andmaunistill,&c.

andwhenthelark,'tweenlightanddark,

blythewaukensbythedaisy'sside,

andmountsandsingsonflitteringwings,

awoe-wornghaistihamewardglide.

andmaunistill,&c.

comewinter,withthineangryhowl,

andraging,bendthenakedtree;

thygloomwillsoothemycheerlesssoul,

whennatureallissadlikeme!

andmaunistill,&c.