THIS sweet and merry month of May, While Nature wantons in her prime, And birds do sing, and beasts do play. For pleasure of the joyful time I choose the first for holiday And greet Eliza with the rhyme. O beauteous Queen of second Troy, Take well in worth a simple toy. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SANDHILL PEOPLE by CARL SANDBURG LIGHT [AND LOVE] by FRANCIS WILLIAM BOURDILLON THE SONG OF THE SMOKE by WILLIAM EDWARD BURGHARDT DU BOIS LINES TO A MOVEMENT IN MOZART'S E-FLAT SYMPHONY by THOMAS HARDY SONG OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE by SIDNEY LANIER THE JEWISH CEMETERY AT NEWPORT by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW THE PRAYER PERFECT by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY |