But yesterday!... <br />O blooms of May, <br />And summer roses--Where-away? <br />O stars above, <br />And lips of love <br />And all the honeyed sweets thereof! <br /> <br />O lad and lass <br />And orchard-pass, <br />And briered lane, and daisied grass! <br />O gleam and gloom, <br />And woodland bloom, <br />And breezy breaths of all perfume!-- <br /> <br />No more for me <br />Or mine shall be <br />Thy raptures--save in memory,-- <br />No more--no more-- <br />Till through the Door <br />Of Glory gleam the days of yore.<br /><br />James Whitcomb Riley<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/blooms-of-may/
