SUGARING OFF
Essenceof all that’s sweet, what joyTo watch thy amber flowAnd sip thy nectar till it cloyOr waxen it on snow!What joy to watch the trickling veinsOf our old maple-friendAnd know the vernal Odin reignsAs heir of Winter’s end!Drink to the earnest of the Spring,The ichor of the bud,To all the rising hopes that singOf life and loverhood!Drink to the sweetness in thee hidBy softer airs distilled;Let Nature sugar off and bidHer kindlier cup be filled!
Essenceof all that’s sweet, what joyTo watch thy amber flowAnd sip thy nectar till it cloyOr waxen it on snow!What joy to watch the trickling veinsOf our old maple-friendAnd know the vernal Odin reignsAs heir of Winter’s end!Drink to the earnest of the Spring,The ichor of the bud,To all the rising hopes that singOf life and loverhood!Drink to the sweetness in thee hidBy softer airs distilled;Let Nature sugar off and bidHer kindlier cup be filled!
Essenceof all that’s sweet, what joyTo watch thy amber flowAnd sip thy nectar till it cloyOr waxen it on snow!
Essenceof all that’s sweet, what joy
To watch thy amber flow
And sip thy nectar till it cloy
Or waxen it on snow!
What joy to watch the trickling veinsOf our old maple-friendAnd know the vernal Odin reignsAs heir of Winter’s end!
What joy to watch the trickling veins
Of our old maple-friend
And know the vernal Odin reigns
As heir of Winter’s end!
Drink to the earnest of the Spring,The ichor of the bud,To all the rising hopes that singOf life and loverhood!
Drink to the earnest of the Spring,
The ichor of the bud,
To all the rising hopes that sing
Of life and loverhood!
Drink to the sweetness in thee hidBy softer airs distilled;Let Nature sugar off and bidHer kindlier cup be filled!
Drink to the sweetness in thee hid
By softer airs distilled;
Let Nature sugar off and bid
Her kindlier cup be filled!