HENRY HOWARD, EARL OF SURREY   DESCRIPTION OF SPRING, WHEREIN EVERY THING RENEWS, SAVE ONLY THE LOVER.   THE soote 1 season, that bud and bloom forth brings,   With green hath clad the hill, and eke 2 the vale.   The nightingale with feathers new she sings ;   The turtle 3 to her make 4 hath told her tale.   Summer is come, for every spray5 now springs,   The hart 6 hath hung his old head 7 on the pale;8   The buck in brake 9 his winter coat he slings ;   The fishes flete 10 with new repairèd scale ;   The adder all her slough away she slings ;   The swift swallow pursueth the fliës smale ;11   The busy bee her honey now she mings ;12   Winter is worn13 that was the flowers' bale.14       And thus I see among these pleasant things       Each care15 decays, and yet my sorrow springs ! [ AJ Notes:   1 Sweet.   2 Also.   3 Turtledove.   4 Mate.   5 Sprig; spray of flowers.   6 Deer.   7 i.e., last year's antlers.   8 Fencepost; picket.   9 Bracken; thicket. 10 Fleet; fast. 11 Small. 12 Mixes. 13 Worn out; over. 14 Bane; destruction. 15 Worry; worrisome thing. Source: Surrey, Henry Howard, Earl of. The Poetical Works of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1854. 3. to Works of Henry Howard Site copyright ©1996-2007 Anniina Jokinen. All Rights Reserved. Created by Anniina Jokinen on September 20, 2000. Last updated on March 12, 2007.