[00:00.000] Now this particular girl
[00:02.037] During a ceremonious April walk
[00:04.756] With her latest suitor
[00:06.450] Found herself, of a sudden, intolerably struck
[00:10.734] By the birds irregular babel
[00:12.980] And the leaves’ litter.
[00:14.510] By this tumult afflicted, she
[00:17.768] Observed her lover’s gestures unbalance the air,
[00:20.972] Her gait stray uneven
[00:23.775] Through a rank wilderness of fern and flower.
[00:27.014] She judged petals in disarray,
[00:30.167] The whole season, sloven.
[00:32.557] How she longed for winter then! –
[00:35.988] Scrupulously austere in its order
[00:38.832] Of white and black
[00:40.404] Ice and rock, each sentiment in border,
[00:44.197] And heart’s frosty discipline
[00:46.732] Exact as a snowflake.
[00:49.108] But here – a burgeoning
[00:51.962] Unruly enough to pitch her five queenly wits
[00:55.395] Into vulgar motley –
[00:57.311] A treason not to be borne. Let idiots
[01:01.316] Reel giddy in bedlam spring:
[01:04.088] She withdrew neatly.
[01:06.981] And round her house she set
[01:09.296] Such a barricade of barb and check
[01:12.074] Against mutinous weather
[01:13.665] As no mere insurgent man could hope to break
[01:17.650] With curse, fist, threat
[01:21.042] Or love, either.

Now this particular girl
During a ceremonious April walk
With her latest suitor
Found herself, of a sudden, intolerably struck
By the birds irregular babel
And the leaves’ litter.
By this tumult afflicted, she
Observed her lover’s gestures unbalance the air,
Her gait stray uneven
Through a rank wilderness of fern and flower.
She judged petals in disarray,
The whole season, sloven.
How she longed for winter then! –
Scrupulously austere in its order
Of white and black
Ice and rock, each sentiment in border,
And heart’s frosty discipline
Exact as a snowflake.
But here – a burgeoning
Unruly enough to pitch her five queenly wits
Into vulgar motley –
A treason not to be borne. Let idiots
Reel giddy in bedlam spring:
She withdrew neatly.
And round her house she set
Such a barricade of barb and check
Against mutinous weather
As no mere insurgent man could hope to break
With curse, fist, threat
Or love, either.