| Hunt and Lee, comps. The Book of the Sonnet. 1867. | | | | II. The May Queen | | By William H. Timrod (1792–1838) |
| | | SARAH! throbbed not thy young heart on that day | |
| With innocent triumph, when the youthful throng, | |
| With rites of ancient usage, and sweet song, | |
| Had crowned thee Queen of verdant-mantled May? | |
| And not unmeet thy triumph,—for the voice | 5 |
| Of thy young peers, which singled thee from all, | |
| To circle with the rural coronal, | |
| Spoke merit in the Queen of their free choice! | |
| But still remember, Sarah, thou canst find | |
| No lasting joy in earthly diadems, | 10 |
| Whether of flowers composed, or costly gems: | |
| Those fade, and these oft dazzle but to blind; | |
| And we must look to other worlds than this | |
| For crowns of real and abiding bliss. | | | | |
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