Spring Mosaic and Two Spring Poems

A Prayer in Spring
by Robert Frost

Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers today;

And give us not to think so far away

As the uncertain harvest; keep us here

All simply in the springing of the year.

Oh, give us pleasure in the orchard white,

Like nothing else by day, like ghosts by night;

And make us happy in the happy bees,

The swarm dilating round the perfect trees.

And make us happy in the darting bird

That suddenly above the bees is heard,

The meteor that thrusts with needle bill,

And off a blossom in mid-air stands still.

For this is love and nothing else is love,

The which it is reserved for God above

To sanctify to what far ends He will,

But which it only needs that we fulfill.

I Meant To Do My Work Today

by Richard Le Gallienne

I meant to do my work today,

But a brown bird sang in the apple tree,

And a butterfly flitted across the field,

And all the leaves were calling me.
And the wind went sighing over the land,

Tossing the grasses to and fro,

And a rainbow held out its shining hand--

So what could I do but laugh and go?

Jana inspired me with her recent post. If you happen to post a Spring photo or mosaic of your own (or of generous flickr fairies) I want to see it! Poems, too.

References:

Poems found at: http://www.dltk-holidays.com/spring/poem/ (I want to explore it more.)

1. http://www.flickr.com/photos/92674583@N00/356587889/">Robin egg blue, 2. http://www.flickr.com/photos/fleurhallam/2206940086/">Spring Walk Together, 3. http://www.flickr.com/photos/foxypar4/2237123651/">I want to be a robin! #1, 4. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamuudsen/145813811/">"weet weet weet tsee tsee", 5. http://www.flickr.com/photos/melissaa/416418795/">Thirsty Bee!, 6. Untitled, 7. http://www.flickr.com/photos/lynnintokyo/2330766508/">easter basket, 8. http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardpeters/499329541/">Spring Lamb - 2007 BBC Countryfile competition winner., 9. :: faith ::

(Maybe if I type something down here, the spacing and font size will work. Nope.)