Mourn for the May whose ribboned fripperies once, fluttering,

Fostered cheerful colour on each vernal village green.

Though brazen buddleias dash some dour dolour from the guttering,

They still raise sad rejoinders to our ugly, urban scene.

Then shone the season of gay garland and rich revelry;

Then was the maypole’s hour to overlook glad scenes.

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