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Read & copy the quotation
“The sap will surely quicken soon or late, The tardiest bird will twitter to a mate.”
- Date
- 1862
Meaning of “The sap will surely quicken soon or late,…”
After earlier doubt, the poem turns to seasonal signs that arrive at different speeds, using delayed spring as an image of hope that can outlast uncertainty.
Where does it come from?
“The First Spring Day,” Project Gutenberg #16950. The stanza continues into explicitly spiritual hope about renewal in this world or the world to come.
