Praise for the Life Returning


Streamlets flash with fresh-thawed laughter,
Snowdrops pop from new-soft earth.
Joy is a leaf-bug as it dances,
All in the rhythm of rebirth.

Life beams in through the green gold spring!
The frozen world is greening, 
As earth, sea, and sky sing, sing, sing, sing
Praise for the life returning.

Born in hope, in round unbroken,
Birdsong rings in dawn-burst boughs;
How like an egg the ice is cracking
Over the wildly hatching ground!

Life beams in through the green gold spring!
The frozen world is greening, 
As earth, sea, and sky sing, sing, sing, sing
Praise for the life returning.

Praise for the wheel, and praise its turning.
Praise for the ring in riots of blooms.
Praise for the life that’s ever living,
Born in all with the world made new.

Life beams in through the green gold spring!
The frozen world is greening, 
As earth, sea, and sky sing, sing, sing, sing
Praise for the life returning.
Praise for the life returning.