Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1841-04-30
From Homes Every Day Book.
MAY.

From Homes Every Day Book.
MAY.
Then came faro MAY, the fayrcst mayd on ground,
Deckt all with dalntlcs of her seasons pfyde,
And throwing nowres out of her lap around
Upon two brethren shoulders she did ride,
1h twnnos of T.cda which on either side
Supported her like to their soveralne Queenc. ,
I.ord how all creatures Taught, when her they spde
And,leapt and danc't as they had ravisht been!
And Cupid selfe about her luttercd all in greene
Spencer.
So hath divinest Spencer represented the
fifth month in the year, in the grand pageant
wh;ch,"to all who have seen it, is still pres
cnt: for neither the laureate's office nor the
poets art hath devised spectacle more gor-
geous. Castor and Pollux, 'the twinnes of
Lcda,' who appeared to sailors, IN storms
with lambert fires on their heads, mytholo-
gists have consolidated in the armament, and
made still propitious TO the mariner. Maia,
the brightest of the Pleiades, from whom
some say this month derived its name, is fa-
bled to have been the daughter of Atlas, the
supporter OF the world, and Pleione, a sea
nymph. Others ascribe its name to its hav-
ing been dedicated by Romuus to the Ma
orcs, or Roman senators.
Ncrstcgan aflirms of the Anglo-Saxons,
that the pleasant moneth of May they term
ed by the name of Trimilki, because in that
moncth they began to mike their kline three
times in the day
Scarcely poet but praises, or describes,
or alludes to the beauties of this month";
Darwin sings it as the offspring of the solar
beams, and invites it to approach and receive
the greetings of the elemental belngs
Born in Won blaze of orient sly
Swe.t May thy radiant form unfold;
Enclose thy blue youptuous eve,
Aud wave thy shadowy locks of gold.
For thee the fingran, zephyrs blow,
For thee descCnIs the sunny shower;
The rls IN softer murmurs flow,
Aud brighter blossoms gem the bower.
Light Graces dress in fowcry wrea;hs,
And tiptoe joys their hand, combine;
And Love his sweet conlnglon breathes
And laughing dances round thy shrine.
Warm with new life the gittering thronr
On qllvering fin and rusng wing,
Delighted Join their vove songs
And hail thee, goddess of the spring
One of Milton's richest fancies is of this
month; he says, that Adam, dscoursing with
Eve
Sml'd with superior love ; as Jupiter
On Juno smiles when he lmpregns the clouds
That shed May flowers
Throughout the wide range Of poetic ex-
ccllcncc, there is no piece of higher lowell
ness than his often quoted, yet never firing
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Woods and groves of thy dressing
Hill and dale both boast Inv blessing,
Thus we salute thee with our early song
And welcome thee and wish thee long
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The frolc wind that breathes the spriny
Xrphyr with Aurora PLAYING
As he met her Maying;
and with be,utir,I pronr;rtv nc roo,rJs ,b,
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sS"eo"' 'e "'"NcS '''c Sec"e'y
-beds OF vlJicts blue,
And fresh blown roses wash IN dew
The first of his tsOnnets' is to the njghtin
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go. va o'' spa. "' c'c
WIN, us H9uIeS,
THE ollv hours lead on propiiious Nav
unconventional oon, u,r,,on J.;
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PlH' Wy WI. Co'c'IuSe, ''ereIs description
OF thJ Nighlngalcs song SO splendid that il
NAV take the place of cytracts from o,bo,
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coming moitil, wherein ms DirdS hlgh mel
ody prevails with increasing power -
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His Lv,-cLau, aud Jish,r,bsr he fan so,J
OF all its music,
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THIS grove is wild with Iausng underwood
And the Trim walks are broken up and grass
Alan sra IS and kins-cups grow within the paths
1T, never elsewhere in one place knew
," many h'!'rn9aIes; and lar and near
In wood aud n'cket over
1hey aus yer ami provoke each other songs
With sHirmsh anu caprlcous passaaings,
, '"'','''> ;'' Musician anu a"." J's W.,
ana On" 10" piping so'nu more sweet 'hah al