In a way, Thoreau has submitted to winter in order to enjoy the coming of spring. What details and words convey his pleasure?

Thoreau felt he must relish the winter's discomfort to really enjoy the pleasure of spring. "One attraction," Thoreau writes, "in coming to the woods to live was that I should have the leisure and opportunity to see the spring come in." He feels the ice melting and listens for birds, and by March 13, when he has heard a bluebird, song-sparrow, and red-wing, the ice was a foot thick. The edges and middle began melting.... Check out Chapter 17 in link below,