Eros in May

Maybi.oom foameth pink and white,
Applebloom hath purple light,
Butterflies have fairy flight,
Leaves dally in their young delight.

Goldencups with burnished boat
On billowy verdure blithely float ;
In labyrinths under, dim, remote,
Daisy and speedwell blend their fine
Trebles in the joy divine,
While yellow-dusted bees hum over
Honied purple of the clover.

Soft, fertile gold fills every flower,
Birds warble and pair in every bower ;
We yield to Life's abounding power !
Now, or never, Love's full hour !

Laburnum burned in burning blue,
Windwaves o'er sheeny grasses flew ;
No blossom was more fair than you ;
Longing lips together grew !

Now warm kisses melt, combine.
Limbs are white and warm and fine.
Love is more than mantling wine.
All or nothing, lady mine !

June 1889.