Show In May When grosbeaks show a damask rosa Amid the chorrybloasoms white And early robins nests disclose To loving eyes a Joyouu sight When columbines like living coals Arc gleaming calnst the Mchcncd rocks And at tho foot of mossy boles Arc young anemones In Hocks When gingerroot beneath twin leaves Conceals UH dusky floral bell And showy orchid shyly weaves In humid nook Its fragrant spoil When dandelions coin of gold Anew Is minted on the lawn And mapletrees their fringe unfold While warblers storm tho groves at dawn Wlion these and moro greet eye nnd car Then strike thy tasks and come away j It Is tho Joymonth of tho year And onward sweeps tho tido of May John Burroughs In the Century I |