Robins in the tree-top, <br />Blossoms in the grass, <br />Green things a-growing <br />Everywhere you pass; <br />Sudden little breezes, <br />Showers of silver dew, <br />Black bough and bent twig <br />Budding out anew; <br />Pine-tree and willow-tree, <br />Fringed elm and larch,— <br />Don’t you think that May-time’s <br />Pleasanter than March? <br /> <br />Apples in the orchard <br />Mellowing one by one; <br />Strawberries upturning <br />Soft cheeks to the sun; <br /> <br />Roses faint with sweetness, <br />Lilies fair of face, <br />Drowsy scents and murmurs <br />Haunting every place; <br />Lengths of golden sunshine, <br />Moonlight bright as day,— <br />Don’t you think that summer’s <br />Pleasanter than May? <br /> <br />Roger in the corn-patch <br />Whistling negro songs; <br />Pussy by the hearth-side <br />Romping with the tongs; <br />Chestnuts in the ashes <br />Bursting through the rind; <br />Red leaf and gold leaf <br />Rustling down the wind; <br />Mother “doin’ peaches” <br />All the afternoon,— <br />Don’t you think that autumn’s <br />Pleasanter than June? <br /> <br />Little fairy snow-flakes <br />Dancing in the flue; <br />Old Mr. Santa Claus, <br />What is keeping you? <br />Twilight and firelight <br />Shadows come and go; <br /> <br />Merry chime of sleigh-bells <br />Tinkling through the snow; <br />Mother knitting stockings <br />(Pussy’s got the ball),— <br />Don’t you think that winter’s <br />Pleasanter than all?<br /><br />Thomas Bailey Aldrich<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/marjorie-s-almanac/
