Spring Walkers

 ISN’T there just a hint in the air

That spring’s hiding out in the garden somewhere?

Remember the place where the violets grew?

Let’s all go and see if they’ve been stirring too.

That sounded like wings, O! look it’s a bird.

How did he know that the mosses¹ had stirred.

Before we can really think it is spring

He’s here on his faith, and started to sing.

Someone’s been here, the leaves have been tossed

As if one were looking for things that were lost.

And ruthlessly left to the late April snow

The pale slender necks of the first buds below.

Let’s cover them up, it doesn’t seem fair

To leave them like this, see that birch over there?

We’ll remember the place and come back again,

When the sun is some warmer, and there’s been a rain.

Let’s walk thru the wood, and come back this way

I dislike to go home, I wish it were May.{67}

Here’s a place I adore, this tender dark wood.

It’s a source of delight, and if one only could

Just come here and visit awhile every day,

’Twould charm every heartache one has quite away.

This path has surprises at every bend.

This log has been here since I can’t tell you when.

We just walk around or climb over this way,

’Twould spoil the whole scene if they took it away.

This tree has been tired standing² up long ago

’Twas March, the old roughneck, gave it the last blow.

It looks like a man-contrived arch o’er a drive,

The vines will cling round it and keep it alive.

I’m tired. Let’s go back, we’ve come a long way

I dislike to go home, I wish it were May.

1 mosses   

n. 藓类, 苔藓植物 名词moss的复数形式

参考例句：

• Ferns, mosses and fungi spread by means of spores. 蕨类植物、苔藓和真菌通过孢子传播蔓生。
• The only plants to be found in Antarctica are algae, mosses, and lichens. 在南极洲所发现的植物只有藻类、苔藓和地衣。

2 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。