HAPPY BIRTHDAY ZACHARY! LOVE, CAROLINE

“To My Stepson, Zachary Matthew Land, On His 8^th Birthday”

Little Saint! Little Saint!  Dost thee  mean

To tell me that thee openest thy newborn eyes

On the first morning of Spring!  And took thy first breath

Breath,on the first breath of warm wind blowing

From the south! Ah little lamb, Thee wert exactly that---

A Newborn lamb, the ninth of spring! Child, this Birthday

isThine, and the dayof which must needs Prophesy---

That, as thee art the heirandherald Cherubim of Spring

Theall thelittle daffodils must must bloom to you

Trumpetsproclaiming thy birth, Child, all the world

Will bloom for Thee, as a Crown Before a King

--and only if thee wouldst takehold of the Beast and

Tame Him!TheWertBorn SafeFrom

The Winter WinfsthatBlew, and thybirth

Did Tame Old Man  Winter so that He ShutHimself

Away, and let thee little Spring Child, Burst into Bloom!

TheWholeWorld Bloomsfor theechild! The Daffodils exclaim

Thy sweet blessings, thy tender smile, thine rosy cheeks

Allspringbloometh for thee,and thee art a child

Of Spring Herself!LittleSaint! Little Saint!

My Husband’s Son Has Made Me A Mother!

Hallelujah!  Allflowersbloom,I command thee,

At hisbith,and hisBirthday, now and Forever.

TOZACHARY MATTHEW LAND

Love,Caroline Land