Spring came early that year... or was it late?

[davver]

I think that there is a book or poem that starts, "Spring came early that year, creeping over the [something] like [something]". Or it could be late, not early. It sounds so familiar, yet I cannot find it through Google. I thought it might be from The Waste Land, but that is "Summer surprised us".
If anyone can help, please do! It's been bugging me for about a week. Thanks.

[terambulan]

Would it be An Ode to Spring by Thomas Gray

http://www.poetry-online.org/gray_thomas_ode_o n_the_spring.htm



I do recall the line you quoted.....am still thinking/recalling (got to go thru years of memory)!