Nature

A May Morning

by W. H. Davies 1871–1940

From Foliage (1913)

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The sky is clear,
The sun is bright;
The cows are red,
The sheep are white;
Trees in the meadows
Make happy shadows.

Birds in the hedge
Are perched and sing;
Swallows and larks
Are on the wing:
Two merry cuckoos
Are making echoes.

Bird and the beast
Have the dew yet;
My road shines dry,
Theirs bright and wet:
Death gives no warning,
On this May morning.

I see no Christ
Nailed on a tree,
Dying for sin;
No sin I see:
No thoughts for sadness,
All thoughts for gladness.

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A clear May morning with red cows, white sheep and two cuckoos making echoes. The last stanza sees 'no Christ nailed on a tree, dying for sin', 'No thoughts for sadness, all thoughts for gladness'.

MLA

Davies, W. H. “A May Morning.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/davies_wh/5/.

Chicago

Davies, W. H. “A May Morning.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/davies_wh/5/.

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