V

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

And I ran by him without speaking, like a flash of light.

They call me cruel-hearted, but I care not what they say.

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

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