Poems (Curwen)/Farewell May! Welcome June!
Farewell may! Welcome June!
Farewell, bonnie May, merry May, Sweet darling of the year! You have cheered us many a day With your sunny smiles; and your gay Laughter we loved to hear.
Farewell, bonnie May, merry May, Though loth to part so soon, We must leave you now, and away At the dawning of the day, To welcome your sister June.
For her footsteps we plainly hear, Though shod in velvet shoon; She is coming! I can see her, With her starry eyes so clear, Beneath the waning moon.
Her robe is of glistening green, Jewelled with dewdrops over Its flower embroideries; her mien Is that of a new crowned queen Waiting for her lover.
She comes! now bonnie May has sped; Sing, birds, your merriest tune. She comes! I see her shining head Crowned with sweet roses, white and red; O, welcome, lovely June!