A Carol of Youth
Give songs to the Summer1
And carols to Spring ;2
Greet Love the new-comer3
With tabret and string.4
Come, crown him with laurel5
As poet and knight,6
Whose lips are of coral,7
Decreeing delight !8
Now hillock and highway9
Are budding and glad ;10
Thro’ dingle and byway11
Go lassie and lad !12
The spink in the hollow,13
The laverock above,14
The merle and the swallow15
Shout pæans to Love.16
The mavis is fluting17
The song of his mirth ;18
The breezes are bruiting19
It over the earth !20
Give songs to the Summer21
And carols to Spring,22
Greet Love the new-comer—23
Our poet and king !24