The cock is crowing,
The stream is flowing,
The small birds twitter,
The lake doth glitter,
The green fields sleep in the sun;
The oldest and the youngest
Are at work with the strongest;
The cattle are grazing,
Their heads never raising;
There are forty feeding like one!

Like an army defeated
The snow has retreated,
And now doth fare ill
On the top of the hill;
The plowboy is whooping---anon---anon---
There's joy in the mountains;
There's life in the fountains;
Small clouds are sailing
Blue sky prevailing;
The rain is over and gone!


This poem is in the public domain.