Spring Morning

by A. E. Housman

    Star and coronal and bell
    April underfoot renews,
    And the hope of man as well
    Flowers among the morning dews.

    Now the old come out to look,
    Winter past and winter's pains.
    How the sky in pool and brook
    Glitters on the grassy plains.

    Easily the gentle air
    Wafts the turning season on;
    Things to comfort them are there,
    Though 'tis true the best are gone.

    Now the scorned unlucky lad
    Rousing from his pillow gnawn
    Mans his heart and deep and glad
    Drinks the valiant air of dawn.

    Half the night he longed to die,
    Now are sown on hill and plain
    Pleasures worth his while to try
    Ere he longs to die again.

    Blue the sky from east to west
    Arches, and the world is wide,
    Though the girl he loves the best
    Rouses from another's side.