IV

by Alfred, Lord Tennyson · (no date)
Published 01/07/1880
Part of The May Queen

As I came up the valley whom think ye should I see,

But Robin leaning on the bridge beneath the hazel-tree?

He thought of that sharp look, mother, I gave him yesterday,—

But I'm to be Queen o' the May, mother, I'm to be Queen o' the May.

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