Century Magazine/Volume 48/Issue 1/Love and May-Time
Love, gentle Love, I am weary of waiting!
Why hast thou lingered so long on the way?
Birds 'mid the boskage are wooing and mating:
It is May!
Cold was the Winter, with snow-plumy pinions,
Holding our hearts in his insolent sway;
Now he is gone to his icy dominions:
It is May!
Brooks down the hillsides are leaping and singing,
What makes their laughter so rollicking gay?
Why are the hedges with merriment ringing?
It is May.
Love, gentle Love, I would welcome thee gladly,
Yet far aloof from my roof dost thou stray;
I cannot sing, for my song would fall sadly:
It is May!
Love, gentle Love, bring me joy without measure!
Make me thy debtor this jubilant day;
Here is my heart in exchange for thy treasure:
It is May! It is May!
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