Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, FROM SEASON TO SEASON, by RAY CLARKE ROSE


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FROM SEASON TO SEASON, by                    
First Line: But yesterday / I walked with fay
Last Line: For fay has gone and married!
Subject(s): Change; Loss; Man-woman Relationships; Seasons; Male-female Relations


But yesterday
I walked with Fay
Among the lilac hedges;
We strayed about
A mile, no doubt,
A-plucking blooms, and—pledges.

The day was fair,
The lilacs there
Seemed nodding gayly to us;
The mating birds
Piped loving words
To us as if they knew us.

I held her hand—
You understand
I did it for protection;
We, at each pause,
Discussed the laws
Of "natural selection."

Heigho! the year
Is not yet sere,
And spring but lately tarried;
I haunt the hedge,
But glean no pledge,
For Fay has gone and married!





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