{"id":20579,"date":"2018-05-01T11:28:17","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T16:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pathoftreasure.wordpress.com\/?p=20579"},"modified":"2018-05-01T11:28:17","modified_gmt":"2018-05-01T16:28:17","slug":"may-day-poem-by-sara-teasdale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prasantaverma.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/01\/may-day-poem-by-sara-teasdale\/","title":{"rendered":"May Day (poem by Sara Teasdale)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20580 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/pathoftreasure.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/05\/daffodil-2.jpg\" alt=\"daffodil-2\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 480px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 480\/640;\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>May Day<br \/>\nby Sara Teasdale<\/h1>\n<p>A delicate fabric of bird song<br \/>\nFloats in the air,<br \/>\nThe smell of wet wild earth<br \/>\nIs everywhere.<br \/>\nRed small leaves of the maple<br \/>\nAre clenched like a hand,<br \/>\nLike girls at their first communion<br \/>\nThe pear trees stand.<br \/>\nOh I must pass nothing by<br \/>\nWithout loving it much,<br \/>\nThe raindrop try with my lips,<br \/>\nThe grass with my touch;<br \/>\nFor how can I be sure<br \/>\nI shall see again<br \/>\nThe world on the first of May<br \/>\nShining after the rain?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>** The daffodils are finally in bloom here on May 1st**<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; May Day by Sara Teasdale A delicate fabric of bird song Floats in the air, The smell of wet wild earth Is everywhere. 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