Cross Roads

THREE SONGS OF AWAKENING

     1.

     The flowers spring from the broken heart,
        Of the frozen winter sod—
     Rending their prison bars apart,
        They smile in the face of God!

     The birds sweep up to the wind-blown plain,
        E'er ever the land knows spring;
     To sway on a budding branch again,
        To challenge the world, and sing!

     And I with my tired eyes a-dance,
        And my weary heart a-flame;
     Have felt the call of the old romance,
        And thrilled to a whispered name!

     2.

     I saw a sky as blue as eyes I know,
     I felt a breeze, as soft as kisses, blow;
        And, dear, I saw one golden sunbeam creep
     From Heaven, lighting all the world below,
        Like love that wakens, dewy-eyed, from sleep!

     3.

     We who have wondered know the answer, now;
     For Spring stands, joyous, on the purple brow
     Of the far hill; and doubt is swept away,
     And all the mirth-mad world makes holiday!

     We who have wandered long, and half afraid,
     Find answer in each dreaming woodland glade;
     HEARTS THAT HAVE BROKEN MAY BE BOUND TOGETHER,
     WHEN SPRING HAS TRIUMPHED OVER WINTER WEATHER!