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upon a song in may ( yam ni gnos a nopu )

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a maiden swishes ribbons

an ancient gibbon spell

a band of brass is standing

as morris dancers knell


& foxes in their gloves trot

as breezes frisk the air

& leeches lurk in churches

a hymn is in the air


the dawn is but a chorus

as sure as rome's a road

& hordes of warblers warble

a sort of warbled code


& butterflies are faeries

with fairly faerie wings

the blossoming is snowing

& so it plucks those strings


a rumble on the compass

a skip upon the tongue

a weasel in a haystack

a beetle pushing dung


a nymph is tinging cymbals

the bees of bumble hum

& deep within the woodland

a badger bangs a drum


as serpents stir in pastures

the grass is making hay

a sea of green is gleaming

upon a song in may


the buttercups are spreading

& blooming like the moon

the speckled sky is spinning

into the blue of june

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