A Madrigal
Spring went by with laughter
Down the greening hills,
Singing lyric snatches,
Crowned with daffodils;
Now, by breath of roses
As the soft day closes
Know that April's promise
June fulfills.
Youth goes by with gladness
Faery woodlands through,
Led by starry visions,
Fed with honey-dew;
Life, who dost forever
Urge the high endeavor,
Grant that all the dreaming
Time brings true!
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Jane Elizabeth MacDonald
from Canadian Poets, 1916
[Poem is in the public domain in Canada, the United States, and the European Union]
Jane Elizabeth MacDonald biography
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