But the cheerful Spring came kindly on
And show'rs began to fall:
John Barleycorn got up again
And sore surpris'd them all.
Source: John Barleycorn, st. 3.
-- Robert Burns, (Jan 25 1759-1796), Scottish poet; He was the National poet of Scotland who wrote about nature, vernacular and lowland life; wrote songs Auld Lang Syne and Comin' thro' the Rye