...himself, we would exclaim, " Hail, bounteous May ! that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire ; v Woods and groves are of 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,...

...flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth and youth and warm desire;...with our 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...

...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...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...

...throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail beauteous May that dost inspire Mirth and vouth and warm desire: Woods and groves are of thy dressing,...Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute tnee with our early song, And welcome thee, and wish thee long. May 2. — On this day was born in...

...flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm...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,...

...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...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...

...green lap throws The yellow cowslip and the pale primrose. Ihtil, bounteous May, that dost inspire 5 Mirth, and youth, and warm desire; Woods and groves...with our early song, And welcome thee, and wish thee long. 10 MISCELLANIES. ANNO AETATIS SIX. At a Vacation Exercise in the College, part Latin, part English....

...the lines that follow these, which are altogether in the taste of our author : Hail bounteous May I that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire...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...

...which has been denominated Flora's own, and of which Milton exclaims, Hail, beauteous May ! that duth inspire Mirth and youth and warm desire, Woods and...thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. The perfection of spring in this mouth has been a favourite subject. When the poets would describe...

...flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm...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,...