It seems as if
This must be the end of it-
So much spring snow.
Issa (1762-1826)
It seems as if
This must be the end of it-
So much spring snow.
Issa (1762-1826)
In Winter the bare boughs that seem to sleep Work covertly, preparing for their Spring.
William Wordsworth, ‘Lines Written in Early Spring‘.
Through primrose tufts, in that green bower,
The periwinkle trailed its wreaths;
And ’tis my faith that every flower
Enjoys the air it breathes.
The birds around me hopped and played,
Their thoughts I cannot measure:—
But the least motion which they made
It seemed a thrill of pleasure…
A light exists in spring
Not present on the year
At any other period.
When March is scarcely here
A color stands abroad
On solitary hills
That science cannot overtake,
But human naturefeels.
It waits upon the lawn;
It shows the furthest tree
Upon the furthest slope we know;
It almost speaks to me.
Then, as horizons step,
Or noons report away,
Without the formula of sound,
It passes, and we stay:
A quality of loss
Affecting our content,
As trade had suddenly encroached
Upon a sacrament.
“Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows, by itself.”
Basho
“Ah, it is spring,
Great spring it is now,
Great, great spring -
Ah, Great -”
― Matsuo Bashō
“There was a mild wind in the air, and one or two petals of cherry blossom were falling gently to the ground. It was the kind of day you often have in late March—so perfect that you want it to last for ever.”
― Noboyuki Yuasa
"And so the spring buds burst, and so I gaze,
And so the blossoms fall, and so my days ...”
― Onitsura
“It's spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you've got it, you want—oh, you don't quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!”
― Mark Twain