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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AFTER CHURCH, by SAMUEL ALFRED BEADLE Poet's Biography First Line: Yes, may and I are friends Last Line: For heart's ease, may and I. Subject(s): Love | |||
Yes, May and I are friends, Lovers, many have said; For down the lane and o'er the lea To church we often tread, In that careless sort of way, That leads to love, they say; And after church we often search For garlands by the way. Yes, May and I are friends, And something more, they say; Because along the curved strand, Where we sat the other day, I simply wrote her name, And wrote it o'er again; When after church we stopped to search For shells along the main. More than friends are we, My bonny May and I; At least that's what our neighbors say Whene'er they pass us by, They smile and wink their eye, And set their necks awry: When after church we stop to search For heart's ease, May and I. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD |
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