A gentle warm wind To signal a season of death Swiftly with it The sweet song of sparrows The soft pitter-patter of rain Wipe up your tears and get on you feet A new day is at your door Take off your skinned leather parka The cold no longer shows your breath And put away those soft winter knits Let there be no more harrow And pain should be that of scraped knees From play all but too rough from friends you meet After all your spring chores Sunny like a Petrarca