OH the charming month of May! Oh the charming month of May! When the breezes fan the treeses Full of blossoms fresh and gay— Full, &c. Oh what joys our prospects yield! Charming joys our prospects yield! In a new livery when we see every Bush and meadow, tree and field— Bush, &c. Oh how fresh the morning air! Charming fresh the morning air! When the zephyrs and the heifers Their odoriferous breath compare— Their, &c. Oh how fine our ev'ning walk! Charming fine our ev'ning walk! When the nightingale delighting With her song suspends our talk— With her, &c. Oh how sweet at night to dream! Charming sweet at night to dream! On mossy pillows, by the trilloes Of a gentle purling stream— Of a, &c. Oh how kind the country lass! Charming kind the country lass! Who, her cow bilking, leaves her milking For a green gown upon the grass— For a, &c. Oh how sweet it is to spy! Charming sweet it is to spy! At the conclusion, her confusion, Blushing cheeks, and downcast eye— Blushing, &c. Oh the cooling curds and cream! Charming cooling curds and cream! When all is over, she gives her lover, Who on her skimming-dish carves her name— Who on, &c. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SAILOR TO HIS PARROT by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES STRANGE MEETINGS: 10 by HAROLD MONRO A DREAM OF FAIR WOMEN by ALFRED TENNYSON CAROLINA [JANUARY, 1865] by HENRY TIMROD WHITE HEAD by ELIZABETH AKERS ALLEN LAST AND WORST by FRANCES EKIN ALLISON NEW YEAR'S EVE by GEORGE ARNOLD |