Simple and fresh and fair
From winter’s close emerging
Forth from it’s sunny nook of sheltered grass

Innocent, golden, calm as the dawn
The spring’s first dandelion shows it's face
It shows it's trustful face

References:

Dandelion:
dandelion_grahics.jpg

Whitman Poem 'Crossing Brooklyn Ferry.'
A beautiful, online critical edition:
http://micklestreet.rutgers.edu/CBF/closereading/closereading.html

Brooklyn:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn 

Other Readings of Walt Whitman Poems;
http://micklestreet.rutgers.edu/pages/listeningroom.html