Lines Written in Early Spring

• ''I heard a thousand blended notes,''
• ''While in a grove I sate reclined,''
• ''In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts''
• ''Bring sad thoughts to the mind.''
• ''To her fair works did Nature link''
• ''The human soul that through me ran;''
• ''And much it grieved my heart to think''
• ''What man has made of man.''
• ''Through primrose tufts, in that green bower,''
• ''The periwinkle trailed its wreaths;''
• ''And 'tis my faith that every flower''
• ''Enjoys the air it breathes.''
• ''The birds around me hopped and played,''
• ''Their thoughts I cannot measure:-''
• '''But the least motion which they made''
• ''It seemed a thrill of pleasure.''
• ''If this belief from heaven be sent,''
• ''If such be Nature's holy plan,''
• ''Have I not reason to lament''
• ''What man has made of man?''