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Spring is a time of rebirth and renewal. The snows of winter melt away, flowers bloom, and all the world seems new again. Read about how writers have employed the theme of Spring.
Books About Spring in Myth & Literature
Spring is a time of rebirth, rejuvenation, and renewal. Henry David Thoreau and other nature writers have written about the phenomenon of Spring, with the snow melting, and all of the world coming out of its winter slumber. Read poems, myths, and stories about Spring.
Books About Spring Myth & Literature
Spring is a time of rebirth, rejuvenation, and renewal. Henry David Thoreau and other nature writers have written about the phenomenon of Spring, with the snow melting, and all of the world coming out of its winter slumber. Read poems, myths, and stories about Spring.
Burning Daylight - Jack London (1876-1916)
Read "Burning Daylight," by Jack London. "Six thousand spent the winter of 1897 in Dawson, work on the creeks went on apace, while beyond the passes it was reported that one hundred thousand more were waiting for the spring."
Spring Offensive - Wilfred Owen (1893-1918)
Read "Spring Offensive," by Wilfred Owen. "Halted against the shade of a last hill, / They fed, and, lying easy, were at ease / And, finding comfortable chests and knees / Carelessly slept."
Spring Quiet - Christina Rosetti (1830-1894)
Read "Spring Quiet," by Christina Rosetti. "Gone were but the Winter, / Come were but the Spring, / I would go to a covert / Where the birds sing..."
Spring, Walden - Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
Read "Spring," by Henry David Thoreau. "The opening of large tracts by the ice-cutters commonly causes a pond to break up earlier; for the water, agitated by the wind, even in cold weather, wears away the surrounding ice. But such was not the effect on Walden that year, for she had soon got a thick new garment to take the place of the old."
The Country Doctor - Honre de Balzac (1799 - 1850)
Read "The Country Doctor," by Honre de Balzac. "On a lovely spring morning in the year 1829, a man of fifty or thereabouts was wending his way on horseback along the mountain road that leads to a large village near the Grande Chartreuse."
The Echoing Green - Songs of Innocence - William Blake (1757-1827)
Read "The Echoing Green," by William Blake. "The sun does arise, / And make happy the skies; / The merry bells ring / To welcome the Spring..."
The Human Seasons - John Keats (1795-1821)
Read "The Human Seasons," by John Keats. "Four Seasons fill the measure of the year; / There are four seasons in the mind of man: / He has his lusty Spring, when fancy clear / Takes in all beauty with an easy span..."
The Wheel - William Butler Yeats
Read "The Wheel," by William Butler Yeats.
These I Singing in Spring - Walt Whitman
Read "These I Singing in Spring," by Walt Whitman.
To Spring - William Blake
Read "To Spring," by William Blake.
Travelling with a Reformer - Mark Twain
Read "Travelling with a Reformer," by Mark Twain.

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