George Eliot: Spring comes hither

George Eliot

(Mary Ann Evans, 1819 – 1880)

Spring comes hither

Spring comes hither
Buds the rose . . .
Roses wither
Sweet spring goes . . .
O ja là
O ja là . . .
Would she carry me.

Summer soars
Wide-wing’d day . . .
White light pours
Flies away . . .
O ja là
O ja là . . .
Would he carry me.

Soft winds blow
Westward borne . . .
Onward go
Towards the morn
O ja là
O ja là . . .
Would they carry me.

Sweet birds sing
O’er the graves
Then take wing
O’er the waves
O ja là
O ja là . . .
Would they carry me.

George Eliot poetry

• fleursdumal.nl magazine

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