XII + 

This is the month and this the day. + 

Ye must not stay. + 

Sally ye out and in warm clusters move + 

To where beyond the trees the belfry’s height + 

Does in the blue wide heaven a message prove, + 

Somewhat calm, of delight. + 

Now flushed and whispering loud sally ye out + 

To church! The sun pours on the ordered rout, + 

And all their following eyes clasp round the bride: + 

They feel like hands her bosom and her side; + 

Like the inside of the vestment next her skin, + 

They round her round and fold each crevice in; + 

They lift her skirts up, as to tease or woo + 

The cleft hid thing below; + 

And this they think at her peeps in their ways + 

And in their glances plays. + 