The Humming-bird Yearned for the Eglantine

The Voice of April-Land
by Ella Higginson

  A voice came up thro' the April-land
 And spake a word of the sea;
 Straight leaped the sap in the alder's veins,
 Star-flowers blew in the lea;
 The lark's throat ached with his passion-song --
My heart with the love of thee. 

 A voice came up thro' the April-land
 And spake a word of the sea;
 The humming-bird yearned for the eglantine,
 For the clover yearned the bee;
 The wind for the wet lips of the rain --   
My heart for the heart of thee.