Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, INTRODUCTION TO A LADY'S ALBUM, by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD


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INTRODUCTION TO A LADY'S ALBUM, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The wanton boy that sports in may
Last Line: That smile at morn, and fade at night.
Subject(s): Flowers; Boys


THE wanton boy that sports in May,
Among the wild flowers, blooming, gay,
With laughing eyes and glowing cheeks,
The brightest, freshest, fairest seeks,
And there, delightedly, he lingers,
To pluck them with his rosy fingers,
While, like the bee, he roves among
Their sweets, and hums his little song.
He weaves a garland rich and rare,
And decorates his yellow hair:
The rose, and pink, and violet,
And honeysuckle, there are set;
The darkest cypress in the glade
Lends to the wreath its solemn shade,
And sadly smiles, when lighted up
With daisy, and with butter-cup.
Thus fair and bright each flower should be,
Culled from the field of Poesy;
But with the lightsome and the gay,
Be mixed the moralizing lay
Of those, who, like the cypress bough,
A thoughtful shade of sorrow throw
On transient buds, or flowers light,
That smile at morn, and fade at night.





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