Poems (Jordan)/May
For works with similar titles, see May.
MAY
May, gladsome May, with flower-shod feet, Comes dancing o'er earth's spacious em'rald floor,And 'round her brow the golden sunbeams meet, To crown her with a halo, as of yore!Her merry laugh is heard through all the halls Of Earth, her song is echoed in the woods;Her presence all of Nature's joy, recalls;— The year is in its very best of moods!And we, delighted with our winsome guest, Would fain employ some means to guile her stay;She gives to life itself an added zest, And Time on angel's wings doth flee away!