MAY by John Shaw Neilson

Shyly the silver-hatted mushrooms make
     Soft entrance through,
And undelivered lovers, half awake,
     Hear noises in the dew


Yellow in all the earth and in the skies,
     The world would seem
Faint as a widow mourning with soft eyes
     And falling into dream.


Up the long hill I see the slow plough leave
     Furrows of brown;
Dim is the day and beautiful: I grieve
     To see the sun go down.


But there are suns a many for mine eyes
     Day after day:
Delightsome in grave greenery they rise,
     Red oranges in May.