Spring is at the door

The Spring is at the door: 
She bears a golden store, 
Her maund with yellow daffodils runneth o'er.

Her rosy feet are bare, 
The wind is in her hair, 
And O her eyes are April eyes, very fair.

After her footsteps follow
The mullein and the mallow;
She scatters golden powder on the sallow.

She brings the crocus white, 
And golden aconite: 
She brings desire and doubting and delight.

by Nora Hopper (1871-1906) , "Spring song", from Songs of the morning, pp. 56-57, Grant Richards, London, published 1900

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by Roger Quilter (1877-1953) , "Spring is at the door", op. 18 no. 4, published 1914.

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