Emerald Story Book

<h3><SPAN name="A_SPRING_LILT">A SPRING LILT</SPAN></h3> <div class="poetry-container"> <div class="poetry"> <div class="stanza"> <div class="verse indent0">Through the silver mist</div> <div class="verse indent2">Of the blossom-spray</div> <div class="verse indent0">Trill the orioles: list</div> <div class="verse indent2">To their joyous lay!</div> </div> <div class="stanza"> <div class="verse indent0">“What in all the world</div> <div class="verse indent2">In all the world,” they say,</div> <div class="verse indent0">“Is half so sweet, so sweet,</div> <div class="verse indent2">Is half so sweet as May?”</div> </div> <div class="stanza"> <div class="verse indent0">“June! June! June!”</div> <div class="verse indent2">Low croon</div> <div class="verse indent0">The brown bees in the clover.</div> <div class="verse indent2">“Sweet! sweet! sweet!”</div> <div class="verse indent6">Repeat</div> <div class="verse indent0">The robins, nestled over.</div> </div> <div class="stanza"> <div class="verse right"><i>Unknown.</i></div> </div> </div></div> <hr class="chap" /> <!--chapter--> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN id="Page_183"></SPAN>[183]</span></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />