American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-05-05

And nature has in charms arrayed
The field in flowers of varied die,
To please the smell and charm the eye;
Our hearts expand with rapturous glow,
To God-from whom all blessings flow.
And after having thanked that power,
AT whose command the roses flower;
Dea' friends our gratitude is due,
NV heartfelt thanks in love to you.
Sweet cheering Hope, thy aid still lend,
And he TO me and mine friend;
oh! strew with fragrant flowers still,
Our path to IOn's towering hill.
Maidens, this-Our holiday,
Spreads its wings to haste away;
Ere the sunlight shall go down,
] must lay aside my crown
Would you happier May days find,
Seek the sun hne Of the mind
O'er your passions bear sway,
And each shall reign Queen of May.
In the meanwhile another fair and innocent
little form named Flora, miss Margaret Eas
ter) hands the Queen boqnet of flowers, and
says to her:
Accept, chosen Queen Of May,
This-uur lOwery offering;
The earth's sweetest flowers
BE strewn DER thy pathway,
May we, with you he permitted
TO gather them as we pass
Then came the admoution of the good old
mother of May, in her cap and spcctacles, a
character that was well assumed by charm
ingly graceful little girl, Miss Fanny Tittlo,)
in the following highly appropriate and well
composed lines:
My daughter, round thy tender brow
Is twned the wreath of May,
And though so fresh and fragrant now,
ERE long they'll fade away.
Thus youth and beauty for awhile,
The cheek and eye may show;
And though they wear Il cheerful smile,
Death must lay them low.
Oh! then, be truly wise my love,
Now in thy May of youth;
Thy heart devote to God above,
In spirit and in truth
And when he calls thy soul away,
And angels will bear il home,
To regions Of celestial day,
Where death never come,
The Saviour on thy brow will place
crown that meier will fade,
And in his robes of pureSt grace,
Thy form will be arrayed.
And though with Joy hail thee now,
The crown of May is given
What rapture through my heart will flow,
To hail thee cr0wnd in Heaven.
Thus ended the ceremonies of the day, save
and except a very important one, which we
will not soon forget, unless our tongue cleave
to the roof of our mouth and our stomach for
get its cunning-we mean the eating the re-
treshments, which were handed around album
dainty, and of the very best kind, at SeaSonabte
intervals. The whole was under the direction
of our respected townsman, Samuel Child, Esq.
who acted as Chief Marshal in the absence Of
Col. N. Spurrler; ana we assure MIN, lnal mel
Their the girls, their friends who were present,
or ourself, will soon forget him for the real
pleasure he afforded them and us.
The whole party returned to the city in the
carriages provided by MIR. Hey, at late hour
in the afternoon, highly gratified, and with a
Joyful anticipation of the recurrence of May
day anniversary.
There are many little incidents connected
with this meeting, that we would like to dwell
upon here, if the length of this article already
did not positively forbid it, but they will live
long in our memory, and in the memories of
all those who we're present, both old and young,
and upon the latter particularly, the recollection
of those scenes will come in after-life, like dew
drops upon the whitening flower, and they will
think of the little friends who were their COM
panons in youthful joy-and where will they
be?