Time & Brevity

June

by Amy Levy 1861–1889

From A London Plane-Tree, and Other Verse

Time & Brevity

Last June I saw your face three times;
Three times I touched your hand;
Now, as before, May month is o’er,
And June is in the land.

O many Junes shall come and go,
Flow’r-footed o’er the mead;
O many Junes for me, to whom
Is length of days decreed.

There shall be sunlight, scent of rose,
Warm mist of summer rain;
Only this change--I shall not look
Upon your face again.

MLA

Levy, Amy. “June.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/levy/41/.

Chicago

Levy, Amy. “June.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/levy/41/.

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