Fragment of an Ode to Maia, written of May Day, 1818: Fragment of an Ode to Maia, written of May Day, 1818

Mother of Hermes! and still youthful Maia!
May I sing to thee
As thou was hymned on the shores of Bai�?
Or may I woo thee
In earlier Sicilan? or thy smiles
Seek as they once were sought, in Grecian isles,
By Bards who died content on pleasant sward,
Leaving great verse unto a little clan?
O give me their old vigou, and unheard,
Save of the quiet Primrose, and the span
Of Heaven and few ears
Rounded by thee My song should die away
Content as theirs
Rich in the simple worship of a day. -