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Cicely Mary Barker

The May Fairy

 

My buds, they cluster small and green,
The sunshine gaineth heat:
Soon shall the hawthorn tree be clothed
As with a snowy sheet.
O magic sight, the hedge is white.
My scent is very sweet;
And lo, where I am come indeed,
The Spring and Summer meet.

 

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