Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MAYTIME, by DELLA ADAMS LEITNER


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MAYTIME, by                    
First Line: The air is filled with fragrance; orchard trees
Last Line: Of beauty's charm; this is the gift of may.
Subject(s): May (month)


The air is filled with fragrance; orchard trees
Like fair young maidens in their pastel gowns
Whisper their secrets and the murmuring sounds
Are caught by vagrant winds that love to tease,
Repeating tales of romance as they seize
And pass this confidence soon lost to bounds;
The brooks join merrily; What joy surrounds
The earth in glad awakening with these.

Nature is kind in Maytime, then is borne
To jaded hearts a newness and desire;
Old dreams revive to make each glowing morn
Alive with eagerness that does not tire;
In glad response to feel the magic sway
Of beauty's charm; this is the gift of May.





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