Today

All the world is out in leaf,

Half the world in flower,

Faint the rainbow comes and goes

In a sunny shower;

Earth has waited weeks and weeks

For this special hour.

All the world is making love;

Bird to bird in bushes,

Beast to beast in glades, and frog

To frog among the rushes:

Wake, O south wind sweet with spice

Wake the rose to blushes.

All the world is full of change;

Tomorrow may be dreary:

Life breaks forth, to right and left

Pipe the woodnotes cheery —

Nevertheless there lie the dead

Fast asleep and weary —