...with the restless life and sparkling buoyancy of spring, and is musical as the lark at heaven's gate : Now 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. Hail bounteous...

...OF TALES, ROMANCES, ANECDOTES, AND POETRY. MAY-DAY. BY WGJ BARKER, ESQ. Now the bright morning-star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and...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,...

...personifies it as the " flowery May," in his exquisite lines on May Morning : — "See thebrightmorning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east,...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...

...there is no piece of higher loveliness than his often quoted, yet never tiring Song on May Morning. Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes...Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale both boast thy blessing! Thus we salute thee with our earlj song, And welcome thee, and wish thw long....

...presented to our senses. The immortal bard, enraptured with the prospect, thus introduces the theme : — " Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes...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,...

...her The flowery May, icho from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip and the pale primrose. Hail I bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and youth,...thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Tims wo salute thee with our early song, And weleome thee and wish thee long." In their own sphere,...

...than Burns, and with the whole of which the slenderest excuse will justify us in adorning our pages. " Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes...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...

...acquaint, With thee there clad in radiant sheen, No Marchioness, but now a Queen. SONG. ON MAY MORNING. Now 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...

...favourite, and among other extracts from him, was the sonnet in the Nativity, on May Morning : — " Now the bright Morning Star, day's harbinger, Comes...cowslip and the pale primrose. Hail ! bounteous May ! " This was in the holy verse of Milton ; take other passages, of a still sweeter character, in prose,...