Boys and girls, have you ever heard of the saying "If winter comes, can spring be far behind?"
Spring is a fine season. It lights up 1. (people) feelings and brings us hope. When you enjoy yourself in the warm spring wind, what comes into your mind? Let's see what poets Meng Haoran and William Blake 2. (write) about spring long ago.
A Spring Morning
(by Meng Haoran)
This spring morning in bed I'm lying,
Not to awake till birds are crying.
After one night of wind and showers,
How many are the fallen flowers!

Spring
(by William Blake)
Sound the flute, now it's mute.
Bird's delight, day and night;
Nightingale, in the dale;
Lark in sky, merrily;
Merrily, merrily to welcome in the year.
Little boy, full of joy;
Little girl, sweet and small;
Cock does crow, so do you;
Merry voice, infant noise;
Merrily, merrily to welcome in the year.
The first poem may be one of the 3. (famous) poems about spring in China. It's so simple that people can 4. (easy) remember it. The poet doesn't say how much he loves spring. Instead, he writes that the birds are singing, the wind is blowing and the flowers 5. (fall) down. The way he talks about these things shows us the 6. (happy) during springtime. Instead of talking about the bright colours of flowers, Meng writes about the sounds of spring. He hears birds singing in the morning and remembers the sounds of the wind and rain at night. Writing about these sounds lets 7. (read) feel the beauty of spring.
William Blake's poem celebrates the coming of spring as a way 8. (bring) us joy. As spring comes, nature jumps into a new life. This means the 9. (begin) of the new year. The birds in the poem are joyful day and night. It seems that the boys and girls speak of all the things so 10. (active). Through "merrily", the poet shows how happy he and others are to welcome spring.
As you are reading this article, spring is on the way.

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