May Magnificat

May is May, when the world is new,
And the birds sing, and the flowers spring,
And the joys of the world come forth to play.

The world is young again, and the heart is young,
And the days are long and the nights are short,
And the songs of the birds fill the air with sport,
And the joys of the world are sung.

From heaven above, and from the deep earth below,
Comes a new life, and a new joy,
And the heart of man is made a boy,
And the world becomes a place of unending flow.

O world, be happy, and O heart, be gay,
For the spring is here, and the joys of the May,
Are come to us, and will stay,
And will never, never, never, never, never, never, never pass away.