...inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire ; 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 long. Milton. THIS month, according to some, received its name from Maia, the brightest of the Pleiades,...

...dancing forth, shaking his dewy hair.' Wartm. Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our 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...

...inspire 5 Mirth, and youth, and warm desire ; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our 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...

...inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire : Woods and groves are of thy dressing ; Hill and dale, doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our 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...

...of thy dressing; Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. then a long line comes too seriously in — Thus we salute thee with our early song. And welcome thee and wish thee long. We will here observe, by the way, that Anacreon's measures are always short and dancing. One of these...

...inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire : ' Woods and groves are of thy dressing ; Hill and dale, doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and wish thee long. These songs were stopped by Milton's friends the Puritans, whom in his old age he differed with, most...

...inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire; 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 wishthçe long. With exquisite feeling and exuberant grace he derives Mirth from — The frolic wind...

...green lap throwi The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail bounteous May ! • • * • Thui we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and wish thee long. Of him, whose rural melody Sung the " Court of Faery ;"• Wandering with the elfin Queen, At moonlight,...

...inspire Mirth, and youth and warm desire ; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing ; Thus we salute thee with our...early song, And welcome thee and wish thee long." The late Dr. Parr, the greatest scholar and one of the most influential men of his day, was a patron of...

...inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire; Woods and proves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song. And welcome thee, and wish thee long ! DRINKING SONG. COME, lads, fill your glasses, no stint in the measure,— 'Tis wine gives new life...