Quotes and Notes #138, March 21
Volume II—Spring
“She turned to the sunlight
And shook her yellow head,
And whispered to her neighbor:
‘Winter is dead.’”–A.A. Milne, “When We Were Very Young”
“Is the spring coming? He said. “What is it like?…
“It is the sun shining on the rain and the rain falling on the sunshine…”–Frances Hodgson Burnett, “The Secret Garden”
“It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart.”–Rainer Maria Rilke
Today is the day of optimism. The earth and the sun share smiles with us today. My childhood poem for spring was…
“A Birdie with a yellow bill
Hopped upon my windowsill
He cocked his shining eye and said,
‘Ain’t you shamed, you sleepyhead?'”
Everything is going to be all right. I know it is…
John P. Schulz