...ANECDOTES, AND POETRY. MAY-DAY. BY WGJ BARKER, ESQ. Now the bright morning-star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery...throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail! beauteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire ; Woods and groves are of thy dressing,...

...May," in his exquisite lines on May Morning : — "See thebrightmorning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery...throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose." The woods, the fields, and the gardens, vie with one another in the gay colours and the sweet odours...

...the stars, • " That shine, as if to mock The children of a mortal sire." To him, the perfumes of " The flowery May, who, from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip and the pale primrose," lose half their fragrance. It is not " For him, the spring Distils her dews, and from the silken gem...

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...Lov'd I not honour more. LOVELACK. MAY MORNING. Now the bright morning-star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery...pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire ; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast...

...often quoted, yet never tiring Song on May Morning. Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery...pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May! that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire ; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale both boast...

...the prospect, thus introduces the theme : — " Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery...throws The yellow cowslip and the pale primrose." The Spring is now replete with joy. The freshness of the crystal dews, the cessation of sunny showers,...

...excuse will justify us in adorning our pages. " Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throw The yellow cowslip and the pale primrose. Hail ! bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and...

...the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flow'ry May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. i star] ' Of the bright morning star.' Hen. More's Poems, p. 322. i harbinger] Shakesp. Mids. N. Dream,...

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