 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 throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire...  Hood's Magazine - Page 4481846Full view - About this book
 | English poets - 1801 - 488 pages
...the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The 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 ! Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and... | |
 | W. M. - 1801 - 356 pages
...ftore. Moss. MAY MORNING, NOW the bright morning ftar, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the eaft, and leads with her The flow'ry May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowflip, and the pale primrofe. Hail, bounteous May ! that doft inipire Mirth and Youth, and warm Defires... | |
 | Edward Jones - 1802 - 142 pages
...garden: thus they continue their FFODI, or prosperous song, and dance,until it is. dark . ,' • m ^ Hail bounteous may, that dost inspire Mirth and youth, and warm desire; Woods and groves, are of thy drefsing; Hill, and dale, doth boaft thy blefsing. Thus we salute thee with our early Song, And welcome... | |
 | George Ellis - 1803 - 476 pages
...reprinting, only the two following short specimens are given of this great master. SONG On May Morning. 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 throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous... | |
 | 1808 - 556 pages
...citing paT rallel passages, and gives us the well known lines of Milton's famous song on May morning. ' Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, ' &c. To which, however, he annexes a note, stating, that ' it has not been recollected to what poet... | |
 | 1836 - 498 pages
...flowers — here was an inexhaustible fund of enjoyment ! She hailed with joy " The flowery May, that from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose." Emmeline kept a journal of the discoveries she made ; she " wreathed the whole circle of the year,"... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 356 pages
...Steevens. * That strew the green lap of the new-come spring?] So, in Milton's Song on May Morning: " — who from her green lap throws " The yellow cowslip and the pale primrose." Steevens. 5 — — kear you well — ] That is, conduct yourself with prudence. Johnson. 6 justs and... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...thee there clad in radiant sheen, No Marchioness, but now a Queen. IX. Song. On May morning. ^ o\v the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing...cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that doth inspire Mirth and youth and warm desire ; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale... | |
 | Francis Douce - 1807 - 552 pages
...home to church-j-ards. MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. 195 Aurora's harbinger is Lucifer, the morning star. " Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the East m " * It was the popular belief that ghosts retired at the approach of day. Thus the spirit of Hamlet's... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 pages
...the bright Morning-star, Day's harbinger. Comes dancing from the cast, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip...Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill, and dale, dothboastthy blessing. Thus we salute iliee with our early song. And welcome thee, and wish thee long.... | |
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