Child Songs of Cheer

<h2><SPAN name="MAY-BASKETS" id="MAY-BASKETS"></SPAN>MAY-BASKETS</h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Let us take our baskets early<br/></span> <span class="i2">To the meadows green,<br/></span> <span class="i0">While the wild-flowers still are pearly<br/></span> <span class="i2">With the dewdrops' sheen.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Fill them full of blossoms rosy,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Violets and gay<br/></span> <span class="i0">Cowslips, every pretty posy<br/></span> <span class="i2">Welcoming the May.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Then our lovely loads we'll carry<br/></span> <span class="i2">Down the village street,<br/></span> <span class="i0">On each door, with laughter merry,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Hang a basket sweet.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Hey-a-day-day! It is spring now,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Lazy folks, awake!<br/></span> <span class="i0">See the pretty things we bring now<br/></span> <span class="i2">For the May-day's sake!<br/></span></div> </div> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_23" id="Page_23">[23]</SPAN></span></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />