MINNIE and Mattie And fat little May, Out in the country, Spending a day. Such a bright day, With the sun glowing, And the trees half in leaf, And the grass growing. Pinky white pigling Squeals through his snout, Woolly white lambkin Frisks all about. Cluck! cluck! the nursing hen Summons her folk, -- Ducklings all downy soft, Yellow as yolk. Cluck! cluck! the mother hen Summons her chickens To peck the dainty bits Found in her pickings. Minnie and Mattie And May carry posies, Half of sweet violets, Half of primroses. Give the sun time enough, Glowing and glowing, He'll rouse the roses And bring them blowing. Don't wait for roses Losing to-day, O Minnie, Mattie, And wise little May. Violets and primroses Blossom to-day For Minnie and Mattie And fat little May. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONG FIRST BY A SHEPHERD by WILLIAM BLAKE FOURTH BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 7. CHERRY RIPE by THOMAS CAMPION MONADNOC by RALPH WALDO EMERSON EPITAPHS OF THE WAR, 1914-18: 'EQUALITY OF SACRIFICE' by RUDYARD KIPLING ST. ISAAC'S CHURCH, PETROGRAD by CLAUDE MCKAY VERSES ADDRESSED TO IMITATOR OF FIRST SATIRE OF HORACE by MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU |