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BLOOMS OF MAY by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: BUT YESTERDAY! ...
Last Line: OF GLORY GLEAM THE DAYS OF YORE.

BUT yesterday! . . .
O blooms of May,
And summer roses -- where away?
O stars above;
And lips of love,
And all the honeyed sweets thereof! --

O lad and lass,
And orchard pass,
And briered lane, and daisied grass!
O gleam and gloom,
And woodland bloom,
And breezy breaths of all perfume! --

No more for me
Or mine shall be
Thy raptures -- save in memory --
No more -- no more --
Till through the Door
Of Glory gleam the days of yore.



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