. The Haverfordian, Vols. 31-33, 1909-12 . CMAPIA I {An adaption from a late Greek poem. A youth bewails the pre-mature death of the maid whom he had met the year before at the May-day fete.) WEETLY the star of the momWas beginning to shine,And the perfume of May new-bomArose from the vine. Before the song and the sports And the dances began,And the kisses and sweet retorts Of each maiden and man. Thou earnest, Maria, the fair. With melodious note,And fell in profusion thy hair Oer thy milky-white On thy bosom a maidenly rose That blushed at its the blue that the heaven besto
. The Haverfordian, Vols. 31-33, 1909-12 . CMAPIA I {An adaption from a late Greek poem. A youth bewails the pre-mature death of the maid whom he had met the year before at the May-day fete.) WEETLY the star of the momWas beginning to shine,And the perfume of May new-bomArose from the vine. Before the song and the sports And the dances began,And the kisses and sweet retorts Of each maiden and man. Thou earnest, Maria, the fair. With melodious note,And fell in profusion thy hair Oer thy milky-white On thy bosom a maidenly rose That blushed at its the blue that the heaven bestows, In thine eyesAnd its gold on thy head. And now has a year rolled on. The desolate placeI pass on this sad May dawn And remember thy face. For here was the first word here shall the moss Creep oer the stone at thy headAnd cover the cross. 221 THE HAVERFORDIAN May Mary to thee reveal How thy pity I crave;]Alone in the garden I kneel So close to thy grave. I kiss it, Maria, I kiss The stone at thy headAnd this cruel remembrance, this Faded flower of red. And from the garland of woes That covers thy bed,I choose me a snow white rose To match with the red. Ah, the red is of yesterday,And the white of to-morrow, But joy is ever they sister of sorrow. H. S. H.
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