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SUMMER GIFTS.
So early on a May morning
I heard the cuckoo call—
“I bring again the blithe summer,
With gifts for one and all.”
I heard the cuckoo call—
“I bring again the blithe summer,
With gifts for one and all.”
O what do you bring my tall schoolboy,
My schoolboy bold and bright?—
“I bring the schoolboy a sword and a flag,
To carry amid the fight.”
My schoolboy bold and bright?—
“I bring the schoolboy a sword and a flag,
To carry amid the fight.”
And what do you bring my sweet maiden,
My maiden mild and fair?—
“I bring the maiden a sonnet to read,
And a wedding-ring to wear.”
My maiden mild and fair?—
“I bring the maiden a sonnet to read,
And a wedding-ring to wear.”
But what do you bring my dear baby,
Hath seen no summer yet?—
“I bring the baby a little white shroud,
And a daisy coverlet!”
Hath seen no summer yet?—
“I bring the baby a little white shroud,
And a daisy coverlet!”
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