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The shadow now sunshine, the sunshine now shade;
Their light-shifting hues for the green earth have made
A garment resplendent with dew-gems o'erlaid—
A light-woven tissue of gold!
Their light-shifting hues for the green earth have made
A garment resplendent with dew-gems o'erlaid—
A light-woven tissue of gold!
O yes! lovely May, the enchantingly fair,
Is here with her beams and her flowers;
Their rainbow-like garments the blossoms now wear,
And all in their health-giving odors may share,
For the breath of their sweetness is out on the air,
Those children of sunbeams and showers.
Is here with her beams and her flowers;
Their rainbow-like garments the blossoms now wear,
And all in their health-giving odors may share,
For the breath of their sweetness is out on the air,
Those children of sunbeams and showers.
The fragrant magnolia in loveliness dressed,
The lilac's more delicate hue,
The violet half opening its azure-hued vest,
Just kissed by a sunbeam, its innocent guest,
The light floating cloudlets like spirits at rest,
All pictured in motionless blue—
The lilac's more delicate hue,
The violet half opening its azure-hued vest,
Just kissed by a sunbeam, its innocent guest,
The light floating cloudlets like spirits at rest,
All pictured in motionless blue—
These brighten the landscape, and softly unroll
Their splendors by land and by sea;
They steal o'er the heart with a magic control.
That lightens the bosom and freshens the soul—
O! this is the charm, that enhances the whole,
And makes them so lovely to me.
Their splendors by land and by sea;
They steal o'er the heart with a magic control.
That lightens the bosom and freshens the soul—
O! this is the charm, that enhances the whole,
And makes them so lovely to me.
How sweet, when the month 's in the flush of its prime,
To hear, as we wander alone,
Some bird's sudden song from the sweet-scented lime,
To hear, as we wander alone,
Some bird's sudden song from the sweet-scented lime,
