"In the spring, ever new..."

 RETURN: by Mildred Bowers Armstrong (1901-1984) 
When other hearts are tuned to a glad singing

 In the spring, ever new,

 Ever song bringing;

 When other hearts are feeling

 The joy I knew,

 Let me come back again,

 Singing , too...

 I shall know when the pale petals blow

 And spring comes flashing back

 Another year.

 You must not search and call.

 When the first petals fall

 I shall be here.

 If you cannot see

 The hands and eyes of me

 When petals fill the air

 You will hear a song

 The wind blows along......I shall be there.

 Mildred Bowers Armstrong earned a Bachelors from Northwestern in 1923. She wrote many books of poetry. In 1928 she won the Yale  Younger Poets Prize.This poem was found in the 1948 One Thousand Beautiful Things Collection, Peoples Book Club of Chicago.

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