...green, embroidered with daffodils, hawthorns, and blue-bottles. Peacham. Hail ! bounteous >.'.•.•, that dost inspire Mirth and youth, and warm desire;...thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Milton. He loves the May-jiy, which is bred of the codworm or caddis. Walton't Angler. Like early lovers,...

...Morning. Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads witli her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws...Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale both boast thy blessing I Thus we salute thee with our earl) song, And welcome thee, and wish th«<...

...July, 1816. St. George, St. Andrew, St. Patrick, and St. David. MA Y. Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and...Woods and groves are of thy dressing. Hill and dale both boast thy blessing ! Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and wish thee...

...melody, resounding from every bush and brake. In the language of the poet himself, we would exclaim, " Hail, bounteous May ! that dost inspire Mirth, and...thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing !" Pity it is, that, with the abandonment of many absurd customs and festivals of our European ancestors,...

...Melancholy, give, And I with thee will choose to live. SOXG ON MA Y MORNIXG. Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and...early song, And welcome thee, and wish thee long. STANZAS FROM "HYMN ON THE SATll'lTY." IT was the winter wild, While the heaven-born child AH meanly...

...faire ; And Phoebus fresh as bridgroome to his mate, Came dancing forth, shaking his dewy hair.' Wartm. Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale...early song, And welcome thee, and wish thee long. 10 AN EPITAPH ON THE ADMIRABLE DRAMATIC POET VV. SHAKESPEARE.* WHAT needs my Shakespeare for his honour'd...

...itself in the world. Temple. Now the bright Mormng-starV day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the cast, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green...Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and yooth, and warm desire ; Woods and groves are of tby dressing, Hill and dale, doth hoast tby blessing...

...Gentle swain, at thy request, I am here. MILTON'S COIIUS. Now the bright morning-star, day's harhinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The...throws The yellow Cowslip, and the pale primrose. MILTON. TO MEADOWS. '"I !.a even mead, that erst brought sweetly forth Th» freclded Cowslip, burnet,...

...of a blooming heiress. They caught her eye as she was coming, and sent up hundreds of songs of joy. Now the bright Morning-Star, Day's harbinger, Comes...early song, And welcome thee, and wish thee long. Thesc songs were stopped br Mfltotfs friends the Puritan*, whom in his old age he differed with, most...

...mate, Came dancing forth, shaking his dewy hair.' ffarton. Hail bounteous May, that dost inspire 5 Mirth, and youth, and warm desire ; Woods and groves...early song, And welcome thee, and wish thee long. 10 AN EPITAPH ON THE ADMIRABLE DRAMATIC POET W. SHAKESPEARE.* WHAT needs my Shakespeare for his honour'd...