The Garb of Spring

"They will bloom with abundant flowers,

and rejoice with joyful song..."

Isaiah 35:2

Wild Iris

The Garb of Spring

God's breeze swept hills and valleys

Are robed in garb of Spring;

The Winter days are past now;

The land is "in the pink".

The buds have turned to leaflets

In trees that once were bare,

And everywhere there's music

As bird song fills the air.

The hillsides and the meadows

Now bask in springtide sun,

While little sleeping flowers

All peep through, one by one.

New life is manifested

And hearts are wont to sing

Since breeze swept hills and valleys

Are robed in garb of spring

Springtime is "in the pink" with many beautiful flowering trees

amid the sixty acres of natural garden on the grounds 

 of  Winterthur, the childhood home of collector

and horticulturist Henry Francis du Pont (1880-1969) 

 located in Winterthur, Delaware

"The Garb of Spring"

 A poem by Lois Pinkerton Fritz