IV
LOVE in a city in spring,
Not so divine a thing
As love the poet dreams
Meadows and brimming streams,
Yet there is much to say
For love in New York in May
Parks set in tulip beds,
Yellows and whites and reds,
Japanese plums in flower
And that wisteria bower
Dripping its blossoms sweet
Over a rustic seat
Where tramps and nursemaids meet. . .New York in early May
Breaks out in awnings gay;
Daisies and ivy trailing
From every window railing.
And at this time of year
Strange open hacks appear,
Shabby and old and low
Wherein strange couples go
Generally after dark,
Clop-clopping round the park.And with it all, the loud,
Noisy, indifferent crowd
Offers to lovers shrewd
Infinite solitude.