| Hunt and Lee, comps. The Book of the Sonnet. 1867. | | | I. June
1. “Come with thy rose-wreaths, fair and laughing June!” | | By Mrs. Mary Noel McDonald |
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COME with thy rose-wreaths, fair and laughing June! | |
| Fling thy rich odors upon every gale; | |
| Bid the blue waters wake their blithest tune, | |
| And joy and light and melody prevail. | |
| Thou hast a store of treasures, and with thee | 5 |
| We look for all things lovely: butterflies | |
| Flit like winged jewels ’neath thy sunny skies; | |
| And roam, with tones of music, bird, and bee. | |
| Thou art the loveliest of the sisters three,— | |
| Summer’s most beauteous child! O, still delay, | 10 |
| Fairest of months! thy parting; fondly stay, | |
| And pour thy radiant smiles on lake and lea; | |
| Bear not from earth thy blessed gifts so soon; | |
| Stay, stay thy flight, O fair and laughing June! | |
| | | Note 1. Published in 1844, at New York. Mrs. McDonald has since married Mr. Henry Meigs. [back] | | |
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