Now wouldn't I like to be there to see You throned in your May Day festivity! And isn't it quite the most charming thing That the crown will be placed on your head by a King! Queer Bess! Was there ever so regal a name! But don't play up to the ancient dame; She was given to oaths and smutty jokes, And would box the ears of the lesser folks. Well, you've earned your royalty, Bessie Hawes; And you're more than a queen of the May because You're real. (That's Spanish of "royal" too.) And it's Maytime always to think of you. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE HUSKERS by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER BEETHOVEN'S SEVENTH SYMPHONY by LYMAN WHITNEY ALLEN THE WINGLESS VICTORY by WILLIAM HERVEY ALLEN JR. A MOTHER'S HEART by CHRISTOPHER BANNISTER CAVE TALK by JOSEPH WARREN BEACH THE MARVELOUS MUNCHAUSEN by WILLIAM ROSE BENET IN THAT DAY by ARTHUR CHRISTOPHER BENSON MAXIMS FOR THE OLD HOUSE: THE THRESHOLD by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH |