If there comes a little thaw,

Still the air is chill and raw,

Here and there a patch of snow,

Dirtier than the ground below,

Dribbles down a marshy flood;

Ankle-deep you stick in mud In the meadows while you sing,

"This is Spring.

—Christopher Pearce Cranch

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To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.

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History

11 Jul 2015 Added
26 Oct 2026 Wording changed

Previous wording

If there comes a little thaw,

Still the air is chill and raw,

Here and there a patch of snow,

Dirtier than the ground below,

Dribbles down a marshy flood;

Ankle-deep you stick in mud In the meadows while you sing,

"This is Spring.