Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MAY, by EFFIE WALLER SMITH Poet's Biography First Line: Beautiful queen of all the twelve Last Line: Sings the plaintive whippo'will. Subject(s): Flowers; May (month) | ||||||||
Beautiful Queen of all the Twelve, Sweet and bounteous May! Earth, air and water teem with life, All nature is glad and gay. The Earth in vendure now is clothed, Apple trees are in bloom; On the woodland air the violet, Sends forth its sweet perfume. Among the blooming elders where The brook and streamlet flow, There pout the dainty blue flags and Shy night primroses grow. Down in the green, grassy meadow, A-blooming side by side, Cowslips and gaudy dandelions Nod with coquettish pride. The ever busy honey bees Make honey hour by hour; And sipping sweets the butterflies Fly 'round from flower to flower. 'Neath the trees the blue sweet-williams Are blooming on the hill, Where late at eve when day is done Sings the plaintive whippo'will. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN THE MONTH OF MAY by ROBERT BLY VENICE: MAY DAY by KENNETH REXROTH EARLY MAY STANZAS by TOMAS TRANSTROMER HOME-THOUGHTS, FROM ABROAD by ROBERT BROWNING IN MAY by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR A GOOD-BYE by EFFIE WALLER SMITH |
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