Living
There is but one May in the year
From Sing-Song (1872/1893)
Living
There is but one May in the year,
And sometimes May is wet and cold;
There is but one May in the year
Before the year grows old.
Cite this poem
MLA
Rossetti, Christina. “There is but one May in the year.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/54/.
Chicago
Rossetti, Christina. “There is but one May in the year.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/54/.
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