Algernon Charles Swinburne(1837–1909)
When the Hounds of Spring Are on Winter's Traces
When the Hounds of Spring Are on Winter'sTraces
When the hounds of spring are on winter's traces,
The mother of months1 in meadow or plain
Fills the shadows and windy places
With lisp of leaves and ripple of rain;
And the brown bright nightingale amorous