Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHEN SPRING GOES MAYING, by THEODOSIA (PICKERING) GARRISON Poet's Biography 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?" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPRING LEMONADE by TONY HOAGLAND A SPRING SONG by LYMAN WHITNEY ALLEN SPRING'S RETURN by GEORGE LAWRENCE ANDREWS ODE TO SPRING by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD ODE TO SPRING by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD SPRING FLOODS by MAURICE BARING SPRING IN WINTER by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES SPRING ON THE PRAIRIE by HERBERT BATES THE FARMER'S BOY: SPRING by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD A BOOK OF CELTIC VERSE (TO SEUMAS MACMANUS) by THEODOSIA (PICKERING) GARRISON |
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