Simple and fresh and fair From winters close emerging Forth from its sunny nook of sheltered grass Innocent, golden, calm as the dawn The springs first dandelion shows it's face It shows it's trustful face
References: Whitman Poem 'Crossing Brooklyn Ferry.' A beautiful, online critical edition: http://micklestreet.rutgers.edu/album-crossing-brooklyn-ferry-and-other-poems/ Brooklyn: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn