I + 

Impelled by Spring’s dissolving beams, + 

The snows from off the hills around + 

Descended swift in turbid streams + 

And flooded all the level ground. + 

A smile from slumbering nature clear + 

Did seem to greet the youthful year; + 

The heavens shone in deeper blue, + 

The woods, still naked to the view, + 

Seemed in a haze of green embowered. + 

The bee forth from his cell of wax + 

Flew to collect his rural tax; + 

The valleys dried and gaily flowered; + 

Herds low, and under night’s dark veil + 

Already sings the nightingale. + 