Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, WHEN SPRING GOES MAYING, by THEODOSIA (PICKERING) GARRISON



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First Line: Was ever known a stranger thing?
Last Line: "quoth she, ""when spring goes maying?"
Alternate Author Name(s): Faulks, Frederick J., Mrs.
Subject(s): Spring


Was ever known a stranger thing?
But yesterday I met the Spring --
The maiden, madcap Spring herself --
Through blossomed meadows straying.
"Now whither go you, sweet," quoth I,
And she, "Good Sir, both low and high
I go a-Maying."

Quoth I, "But yours is every rose!"
Quoth she, "A fairer one than grows
In all my gardens of the world
Is this I hasten after."
Quoth I, "Wilt bear it back to me?"
"To you and many a one," quoth she
And went her way with laughter.

And lo! at twilight to my door
Came Spring, and in her lap she bore
A little, winged, tricksy lad
With fresh plucked roses playing.
"Why, Spring, 'tis he!" I cried to her.
"What else did you expect, Fair Sir,"
Quoth she, "When Spring goes Maying?"





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