When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd And the great star early droop'd in the western sky in the night, I mourned, and yet shall mourn with ever-returning spring.

VOA: special.2009.12.31

This is how the poem begins: When lilacs last in the dooryard bloomed, And the great star early drooped in the western sky in the night, I mourned, and yet shall mourn with ever-returning spring.

VOA: special.2009.04.12

The Chinese believed that the rising of Arcturus, the fourth-brightest star in the sky, caused spring to burst forth, while the Egyptians thought that the appearance of Sirius, the brightest star in the sky, brought about the annual flooding of the Nile.

ECONOMIST: The Star of Bethlehem

Ewan McGregor, Jude Law and Jarvis Cocker are among the directors working on the film, which will be broadcast on Sky Premier in the Spring.

BBC: denise van outen

As reliably as autumn brings Orion to the night sky, spring each year sends a curious constellation to the multiplex: a minor cluster of romantic comedies and the couples who traipse through them, searching for love.

NEWYORKER: The Disconnect