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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN MARY'S MONTH; TO MY YOUNGER SISTER ON HER BIRTHDAY, by R. A. ERIC SHEPHERD
First Line: In mary's month, in mary's month
Last Line: As first sweets of the spring.
Subject(s): Birthdays; Oxford University; Sisters
First Line: In mary's month, in mary's month
Last Line: As first sweets of the spring.
Subject(s): Birthdays; Oxford University; Sisters
IN Mary's month, in Mary's month,
When the petals whitest blow,
Because our Queen and Mother
Doth chiefly love them so,
In the month of apple-blossom,
And of the child-eyed morn,
In the blithe young days the child I praise
And dearly love was born!
It is not of a sweetheart
(Or not in this world's wise)
I sing, but of my sister,
Her strong and pitying eyes.
I would not be her critic
(As brothers mostly be)
But the singer of her sweetness,
That shines so bright on me.
In Mary's month, in Mary's month,
When the petals whitest blow,
Because Our Blissful Lady
Doth chiefly love them so,
When Mary's shrines are lovely,
And choirs to Mary sing,
She came to be ours with the sweet may-flowers
As first sweets of the Spring.
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