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BRIDAL   DRESS FOR THE HAWTHORN TREE

In  the  church  garden   fair,
One glorious  May day  near the ides  -
Blossom  on  gown  and   hair
Flowing,  floating  down her sides,	 
Bosom  and  bouquet  -  the    bride’s

Glowing  in  the  warm  spring embrace
Of  her  golden groom.   She  flowers
With bloom on her cheeks and  face;
Then,    in  light   petalled  showers,
She fills the wood’s fragrant bowers:

Blossom-confetti  litters and turns 
To white the  path through  her roots  unseen.
Then  the hawthorn  tree   returns   
Again  to  her everyday working green  -
From her role as May  Queen.
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NOTE

The hawthorn tree in bloom with white flowers in spring is a beautiful 
sight, but lasts only a short time,  like a wedding celebration.  
Hawthorn trees are known as May trees, and they appear in the proverb  
“Cast ne’er a clout till May is out.”  Many people think this means 
you must  keep wearing winter clothers till the end of the month of May,  
but it really means until the May tree’s blossom-flowers  are  out.

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Written by Sydney Peck   2  February  2012
Entered in  Francine Roberts's  Contest  "English quintain a spring day"

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