| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | Maytime | | By William H. Simpson |
| | | OUT of darkness into light; | |
| Out of dumbness into song! | |
| Though the earth was wintry white, | |
| Though the cold stayed over long— | |
| Spring, we loved so, it has come | 5 |
| Without any sound of drum. | |
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| Be it life we knew last year, | |
| Wandered far, and home once more; | |
| Or a new babe, cradled here, | |
| Born of life that went before— | 10 |
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| We, who linger while the days | |
| Shyly bud and bloom anew, | |
| Are content that all the Mays | |
| Faithful are, steadfast and true. | | | | |
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