A Prayer in Spring by Robert Frost
Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers to-day
And give us not to think so far away
As the uncertain harvest; keep us here
All simply in the springing of the year
Oh, give us pleasure in the orchard white
Like nothing else by day, like ghosts by night;
And makes us happy in the happy bees,
The swarm dilating round the perfect trees
And make us happy in the darting bird
That suddenly above the bees is heard
The meteor that thrusts in with needle bill,
And off a blossom in mid air stands still
For this is love and nothing else is love,
The which it is reserved for God above
To sanctify to what far end He will,
But which it only needs that we fulfill.
Frost in this poem uses spring in a traditional way be referring to it as the season of love. Spring is the renewal of life from the dark, cold winter. The fresh blossoms popping up all over the place, the birds and the bees in the air, and the fresh rain all indicate spring is here. Spring is new life. Frost is using spring romantically saying that the love he is in right now is spontaneous and everything he has ever wanted by saying "For this is love and nothing else is love." Like spring a strong love only comes one time and the time passes by quickly, when you know it in your heart that it is the right time, you have to seize the opportunity.
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