Snowdrops

You blossom too soon dear snowdrops of spring Secluded in the cold dark earth; The white flakes that fly still haunt the sky Too weary with sorrow to salute your birth. One warm day awakened you from sleep And sang with springtime’s soft breath; Caressed your eyes with the lips of spring And you awakened to winter in the arms of death. Where is the due she pledged to you The passion of sun and song of the breeze; The frilled hyacinth with heavy perfume And the robin’s merry note in the trees? Birds are yet hushed and the branch is yet bare The snowflakes fall on the crest of the hill; Your sodden petals lie pressed on the ground Without warmth when winter kept his chill. The snowflakes conceal the spot where you lie Living too soon in a winter's cold noon They are covered with snow so no one will know The grave of the snowdrops that flowered too soon.