Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MAY ROAD, by ANNETTE PATTON CORNELL


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MAY ROAD, by                    
First Line: The road we followed led us to a hill
Last Line: Somehow, to keep the love that we exchanged.
Subject(s): Mountains; Hills; Downs (great Britain)


The road we followed led us to a hill.
Hands clasped, we mounted toward the morning sun;
And when the wooded summit had been won
We laughed together as young lovers will.
You drew me slowly close to you until
Our first kiss told what mischief had been done.
Pan prompted you but no Syrinx bade me run
To be a clump of reeds beside a rill.

My heart recalls the budding paw-paw tree;
The whistle that you whittled out for me.
The hill, the tree, the toy are lost for aye --
But always, darling, when the year brings May
I cross my heart, because we have arranged
Somehow, to keep the love that we exchanged.





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