Claude McKay - A Memory of June lyrics

When June comes dancing o'er the d**h of May, With scarlet roses tinting her green breast, And mating thrushes ushering in her day, And Earth on tiptoe for her golden guest, I always see the evening when we met-- The first of June baptized in tender rain-- And walked home through the wide streets, gleaming wet, Arms locked, our warm flesh pulsing with love's pain. I always see the cheerful little room, And in the corner, fresh and white, the bed, Sweet scented with a delicate perfume, Wherein for one night only we were wed; Where in the starlit stillness we lay mute, And heard the whispering showers all night long, And your brown burning body was a lute Whereon my pa**ion played his fevered song. When June comes dancing o'er the d**h of May, With scarlet roses staining her fair feet, My soul takes leave of me to sing all day A love so fugitive and so complete.