A Song Of Spring Once More We Sing

 

"On the glorious splendor of Your majesty
and on Your wondrous works I will meditate."
Psalm 145:5

The Flowers
(1909)
Jessie Wilcox Smith

A song of spring once more we sing

As winter flies away,

And changeful hours bring sun and showers

To weave a crown for May:

With heart and voice we all rejoice

On this returning day.

For once again the promise strain

Floats down from days of yore,

That fruits of earth shall wake to birth,

To bless the toiler's store:

Each annual round with bounties crowned

Till time shall be no more.

Thee, Lord, we praise for spring-tide days,

And life's yet fairer spring;

These golden hours, these opening powers,

To Thy glad service bring:

Thine own to be, from sin set free-

Our Father, Saviour, King!

Thou foes may throng, Lord make us strong-

A firm, unfaltering band-

The good to seek, the truth to speak,

And for the right to stand;

Till duty done, and victory won,

We gain the Better Land.

Happy First Day Of Spring Everyone!

"A Song Of Spring Once More We Sing"
(1905)
William Howse Groser
(1834-1925)

English Hymn writer