The scarlet maple-keys betray,
What potent blood hath modest May;
What fiery force the earth renews,
The wealth of forms, the flush of hues…
—from “May-Day,” by Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1867…
The scarlet maple-keys betray,
What potent blood hath modest May;
What fiery force the earth renews,
The wealth of forms, the flush of hues…
—from “May-Day,” by Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1867…