E. A. Woodward - Spring Sonnet lyrics

The drear and lonesome season now has gone And winter's sadness will be turned to mirth; The opening buds and smiling flowers each dawn, Will greet with joy this gladder season's birth. The earth awakened from the winter's dearth, The robin chirps with glee o'er gra**y lawn; And wilder spots have felt the sunbeam's worth, Which charm to gayer pranks the sportive fawn. All nature smiles in springtime fashion dressed, The fertile fields resound with plowman's song; The noisy sparrow builds 'neath eaves her nest, The woodland trembles with the warbling throng. New life is born, new hope inspires the breast, For spring has come and all the world is blest.