Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, IT HAPPENED IN MAY, by WILLIAM SHARP


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IT HAPPENED IN MAY, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: A maid forsaken
Last Line: And it happened in may.
Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona
Subject(s): Kisses; May (month); Prayer


A maid forsaken
A white prayer offered
Under the snow of the apple-blossom:
To whom was it proffered?
By whom was it taken?
Well, I suppose
Nobody knows.

But somehow, the snows
Of the apple-blossom
Were changed one day.
A kiss was offered,
A kiss was taken:
And lo! when the maiden looked shyly away,
Of bloom of the apple the boughs were forsaken!
But whiter and sweeter grew orange-blossom!
How this is quite true, I say,
And it happened in May.





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