Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

By Henrietta RobinsEliot

1199 Why It Was Cold in May

THE YEAR had all the Days in charge,

And promised them that they

Should each one see the World in turn,

But ten Days ran away!

Ten Days that should have gone abroad

Sometime in early May—

So, when May came, and all was fair,

These Days were sent to bed,

And ten good Winter Days were sent,

To see the World instead!