Hawthorn and Lavender, with Other Verses

Hawthorn and Lavender, with Other Verses is a collection of poems by William Ernest Henley. Henley was an English poet, writer, critic and editor. Excerpt:
"It came with the year's first crocus
In a world of winds and snows—
Because it would, because it must,
Because of life and time and lust;
And a year's first crocus served my turn
As well as the year's first rose.

The March rack hurries and hectors,
The March dust heaps and blows;
But the primrose flouts the daffodil,
And here's the patient violet still;
And the year's first crocus brought me luck,
So hey for the year's first rose!"