• The Year stood at its equinox,
      And bluff the North was blowing,
    A bleat of lambs came from the flocks,
      Green hardy things were growing;
    I met a maid with shining locks
      Where milky kine were lowing.

    She wore a kerchief on her neck,
      Her bare arm showed its dimple,
    Her apron spread without a speck,
      Her air was...