Apple Blossoms

Apple Blossoms

Of all the months that fill the year,

Give May’s month to me,

For earth and sky are then so filled

With sweet variety.

The apple-blossoms’ shower of pearl

Though bent with rosier hue,

As beautiful as woman’s blush,

As evanescent too.

On every bough there is a bud,

In every bud a flower;

But scarcely bud or flower will last

Beyond the present hour.

Now comes a shower-cloud o’er the sky,

Then all again sunshine;

Then clouds again, but brightened with

The rainbow’s coloured line.

Ay, this, this is the month for me:

I could not love a scene

Where the blue sky was always blue,

The green earth always green.

(Letitia E. Landon, 1802-1838)

I found this beautiful poem in the blog of Ellen.

Thank you!

PS

I replaced the month of April with May because it is

the month of Apple Blossoms in Finland.