# March

- Source: McGuffey's Second Reader (second-reader.gutenberg.org), Public domain, William Holmes McGuffey, 1879, via Project Gutenberg
- Reading level: Grades 1 and 2
- Subjects: Poems, Nature
- Topics: going, nearly, snowing, spring, winter, above
- Length: 87 words, about 1 min
- Original: <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14668>
- Page: <https://sprout.rootsofreason.org/r/mcguffey-second/second-63-lesson-63>
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MARCH.

- In the snowing and the blowing,  
  In the cruel sleet,  
  Little flowers begin their growing  
  Far beneath our feet.
- Softly taps the Spring, and cheerly,—  
  "Darlings, are you here?"  
  Till they answer, "We are nearly,  
  Nearly ready, dear."
- "Where is Winter, with his snowing?  
  Tell us, Spring," they say.  
  Then she answers, "He is going,  
  Going on his way.
- "Poor old Winter does not love you;  
  But his time is past;  
  Soon my birds shall sing above you;—  
  Set you free at last."

Mary Mapes Dodge.

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## Picture credits

- illustrator not named in this edition, Public domain (<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14668>)