Fox Footprints/Spring

by Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth

For works with similar titles, see Spring.

Spring

The earth's coat is the green of young willowsBeside brown streams.It is embroidered over with flowering trees—Plum, peach and apricot.Her sleeves are delicately scented.Her hair is unbound in the wind.Even the moon is so enamouredThat before dusk he climbs the stairs of heaven to behold her.