| 1838 - 420 pages
...as they pass ; There will not be a drop o' rain the whole o' the livelong day, And I 'm to be dueen o' the May, mother, I 'm to be Queen of the May."...her mother. We regret that we cannot quote it all. IV. " There 's not a flower on all the hills : the frost is on the pane : I only wish to live till... | |
| Josiah Freeman Bumstead - 1843 - 170 pages
...mother, to see me made the Queen ! For the. shepherd-girls, on every side, will come from far away; And I 'm to be Queen o' the May, mother! I 'm to be Queen o' the May! 5. The'honeysuckle, round the porch, has woven its wavy bowers, And, by the meadow trenches,... | |
| Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1845 - 510 pages
...heart is breaking, mother — what is that to me? There 's many a bolder lad 'ill woo me any summer day, And I 'm to be Queen o' the May, mother, I 'm to be Queen o' the May. VII. Little Effie shall go with me to-morrow to the green, And you 'll be there too, mother,... | |
| 1846 - 436 pages
...happy stars above them seem to brighten as they pass, There will not be a drop o' rain the whole of the livelong day, And I 'm to be Queen o' the May, mother, I 'm to be Queen o' the May. All the valley, mother, '11 be fresh and green and still, And the cowslip and the crowfoot... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1846 - 260 pages
...and Mary, there 's Kate and Caroline : But none so fair as little Alice in all the land they say, So I 'm to be Queen o' the May, mother, I 'm to be HI. I sleep so sound all night, mother, that I shall never wake, If you do not call me loud when the... | |
| Half hours - 1847 - 580 pages
...happy stars above them seem to brighten as they pass ; There will not be a drop of rain the whole of the livelong day, And I 'm to be Queen o' the May, mother, I 'm to be Queen o' the May. All the valley, mother, 'ill be fresh and green and still, And the cowslip and the crowfoot... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 402 pages
...crowfoot are over all the hill, And the rivulet in the flowery dale 'ill merrily glance and play, For I 'm to be Queen o' the May, mother, I 'm to he Queen o' the May. So you must wake and call me early, call me early, • mother dear, To-morrow... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1851 - 276 pages
...faint sweet cuckoo-flowers; And the wild marsh-marigold shines like fire in swamps and hollows gray, And I 'm to be Queen o' the May, mother, I 'm to be IX. The night-winds come and go, mother, upon the meadowgrass, And the happy stars above them seem... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1854 - 284 pages
...faint sweet cuckoo-flowers ; And the wild marsh-marigold shines like fire in swamps and hollows gray, And I 'm to be Queen o' the May, mother, I 'm to be EC. The night-winds come and go, mother, upon the meadowgrass, And the happy stars above them seem... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1854 - 286 pages
...faint sweet cuckoo-flowers ; And the wild marsh-marigold shines like fire in swamps and hollows gray, And I 'm to be Queen o' the May, mother, I 'm to be « IX. The night-winds come and go, mother, upon the meadowgrass, And the happy stars above them seem... | |
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