(1830–86).  
Complete Poems.  1924
A light exists in spring 
  Not present on the year 
At any other period. 
  When March is scarcely here 
A color stands abroad         
On solitary hills 
That silence cannot overtake, 
  But human nature feels. 
It waits upon the lawn; 
  It shows the furthest tree         
Upon the furthest slope we know; 
  It almost speaks to me. 
Then, as horizons step, 
  Or noons report away, 
Without the formula of sound,
  It passes, and we stay: 
A quality of loss 
  Affecting our content, 
As trade had suddenly encroached 


Beautiful!
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