Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A MAY SONG, by MARGARET LOUISA WOODS


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A MAY SONG, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: O shepherdess come
Last Line: And fresh is the may.
Alternate Author Name(s): Woods, Mrs. Margaret Louisa Bradley
Subject(s): Love; May (month); Poetry & Poets; Praise; Singing & Singers


O SHEPHERDESS come,
Come wander away!
For young is the morning
And fresh is the May.

A green world about us,
A blue world on high,
White bloom on the branches,
White clouds in the sky.

O were we two poets
We'd loiter to sing
Through the sun-wakened city
The joy of the Spring,

And were we two painters
We surely should stay
To capture for ever
The fresh-coloured May.

But beauty of May-time
Escapes from our praise;
We should miss our sweet meaning
And miss the sweet days.

There's piping and singing
In thicket and grass,
And murmur in meadows
Of streams as they pass,

And high in the Heaven
There's a lark that upstarts
With the song of the May
And the song of our hearts.

O Shepherdess come,
Come wander away!
For young is the morning
And fresh is the May.





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