The Second Calendar Day Of Spring

The second dawn of Spring is breaking gray And on the wattle trees across the way The whistling grey shrike thrushes are in song At this time of year you hear them all day long. The sounds of Nature pleasant to the ear When Spring comes to the Southern Hemisphere And the sun shines through after a few light showers And light up the yet leafless fruit trees in their pinkish flowers. With every passing day the warmer days draw near Yet the weather pleasant at this time of year The brooding bird sits quietly on her nest As she warms to life her eggs beneath her breast. In temperatures of around eighteen degrees The sparrows chirping on the garden trees And tiny thornbill with the big bird song Around his borders singing all day long. On this second calendar day of Spring On trees and hedges wild birds chirp and sing And pinkish flowers on yet leafless fruit trees bloom And the garden scent of Nature's own perfume.