Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IT HAPPENED IN MAY, by WILLIAM SHARP Poet's Biography First Line: A maid forsaken Last Line: And it happened in may. Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona Subject(s): Kisses; May (month); Prayer | ||||||||
A maid forsaken A white prayer offered Under the snow of the apple-blossom: To whom was it proffered? By whom was it taken? Well, I suppose Nobody knows. But somehow, the snows Of the apple-blossom Were changed one day. A kiss was offered, A kiss was taken: And lo! when the maiden looked shyly away, Of bloom of the apple the boughs were forsaken! But whiter and sweeter grew orange-blossom! How this is quite true, I say, And it happened in May. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN LISTEN, LORD: A PRAYER by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON A PRAYER FOR THE FUTURE by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) DIFFERENT WAYS TO PRAY by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE PRAYER DURING A TIME MY SON IS HAVING SEIZURES by SHARON OLDS WE WHO PRAYED AND WEPT by WENDELL BERRY |
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