Gardener Bloggers’ Muse Day – March 2011

The month of March, per Edith Holden’s “Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady” …

As in the Roman year, so in the English ecclesiastical calendar used in 1752, this was the first month, and the legal year commenced on the 25th of March. Scotland changed the first month to January in 1599. This month was called Martiua by the Romans, from the god Mars, and it received the name ‘Hlyd Monath;, ie. ‘loud’ or ‘stormy month’, from the Anglo-Saxons.

And from the collection of poetry Ms. Holden has been kind enough to share with us …

The stormy March is come at last,
With wind, and cloud, and changing skies,
I hear the rushing of the blast,
That through the snowy valley flies.

Ah, passing few are they who speak,
Wild stormy month! in praise of thee;
Yet, though thy winds are loud and bleak,
Thou art a welcome month to me.

For thou, to northern lands, again
The glad and glorious sun dost bring,
And thou hast joined the gentle train
And wear’st the gentle name of Spring.

And, in thy reign of blast and storm,
Smiles many a long, bright, sunny day,
When the changed winds are soft and warm,
And heaven puts on the blue of May.

Title: March
Author: William Cullen Bryant [More Titles by Bryant]

Whereforth cometh the inspiration to wax poetic? From Gardener’s Muse Day, where Carolyn Choi invites bloggers to share our favorite poems, songs, verses and quotes about gardening on the first of the month.

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