Spring: A Spiritual Biography of the Season

Gary Schmidt, Susan M. Felch

SkyLight Paths Publishing, 2008 - Literary Collections - 326 pages

By the last throes of winter, we all are eagerly waiting for the resurrection of springtime. We watch for signs of it. A sudden newness arrives, which speaks to hearts that have held out through the winter. Along with the rebirth, there is a solid recognition of age, for spring is an ancient renewal. Spring: A Spiritual Biography of the Season explores this delicate balance between the new and the ancient, evoking our sense that springtime is a time of poignant renewal, of youth merged with age, of giddy joy tempered by wisdom.

Contents

• Introduction: 3
• JANE KENYON: 9
• BARBARA HURD: 15
• LUCY LARCOM: 24
• HARRY THURSTON: 30
• Spring Peepers from Small Creatures and Ordinary Places: 42
• NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE: 48
• THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINSON: 56
• NANCY STRINGFELLOW: 65
• Introduction: 71
• ABBOTT: 77
• ROBERT FINCH: 88
• Tu: 97
• REBECCA COX JACKSON: 110
• Two Spring Poems: 137
• Introduction: 143
• FRANCIS BACON: 149
• MARTHA BALLARD: 156
• ALICE MORSE EARLE: 167
• SAMUEL JOHNSON: 176
• Introduction: 209
• GEOFFREY CHAUCER: 215
• DAVID BRILL: 223
• ANONYMOUS: 235
• LIONEL BASNEY: 242
• SCOTT CAIRNS: 251
• Introduction: 257
• ISAK DINESEN: 263
• March from The Shepherds Calendar: 268
• ELIZABETH VANDER: 282
• WILLIAM BLAKE and ROBERT BURNS: 297
• Acknowledgments: 311

Bibliographic information

• Title: Spring: A Spiritual Biography of the Season
• Editors: Gary Schmidt, Susan M. Felch
• Illustrated by: Mary Azarian
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: SkyLight Paths Publishing, 2008
• ISBN: 1594732469, 9781594732461
• Length: 326 pages
• Subjects: Literary Collections / General; Nature / Seasons; Religion / Religion & Science; Religion / Spirituality