Sing, World, Sing!
Now in chilly places,
Where the snow had been,
Wood and field and hollow,
Easter flowers begin.
Now a bud is opened,
Now a leaf uncurled;
Spring is in the sweet wind
Walking down the world.
Snowdrops in the garden,
Violets on the hills,
Cowslips in the meadow,
Dancing daffodils
Seem to lift their faces,
Softly whispering,
“Easter’s nearly here, now -
Sing, world, sing!”
by Nancy Byrd Turner
Nancy Byrd Turner was born on 29 July 1880 in Boydton, Mecklenburg County, Virginia, United States of America. She became a schoolteacher, a lecturer, a poet, and an editor. She published 15 books, among them, “A Riband in My Rein” (1929) and “When It Rained Cats and Dogs” (1946). Nancy Byrd Turner passed on at 91 years of age on 5 September 1971 in Alexandria City, Virginia, United States of America.
Now in chilly places,
Where the snow had been,
Wood and field and hollow,
Easter flowers begin.
Now a bud is opened,
Now a leaf uncurled;
Spring is in the sweet wind
Walking down the world.
Snowdrops in the garden,
Violets on the hills,
Cowslips in the meadow,
Dancing daffodils
Seem to lift their faces,
Softly whispering,
“Easter’s nearly here, now -
Sing, world, sing!”
by Nancy Byrd Turner
Nancy Byrd Turner was born on 29 July 1880 in Boydton, Mecklenburg County, Virginia, United States of America. She became a schoolteacher, a lecturer, a poet, and an editor. She published 15 books, among them, “A Riband in My Rein” (1929) and “When It Rained Cats and Dogs” (1946). Nancy Byrd Turner passed on at 91 years of age on 5 September 1971 in Alexandria City, Virginia, United States of America.
