 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
 | 1837 - 336 pages
...our poetasters can emulate — for it is Milton's. SONG ON MAY MORNING. Now the bricht 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... | |
 | John Milton - 1838 - 496 pages
...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...throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. 1 star] 'Of the bright morning star.' Hen. More's Poems, p. 322. 1 harbinger] Shakesp. Mid8. N. Dream,... | |
 | 1838 - 426 pages
...• " 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... | |
 | 1838 - 492 pages
...personifies it as the " flowery May," in his exquisite lines on May Morning : — "See thebrightmorning 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." The woods, the... | |
 | 1923 - 748 pages
...poised, forgetting how to fall. MARY WEBB 13 SONG ON MAY MORNING Now the bright morning Star, Dayes harbinger, Comes dancing from the East, and leads...bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth and youth and young desire, Woods and Groves, are of thy dressing, Hill and Dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we... | |
 | 1909 - 502 pages
...Both them I serve, and of their train am I. SONG ON MAY MORNING (1632-33) 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... | |
 | George Moore - 1973 - 194 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 I that doSt inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 304 pages
...simpler to be played on his native reed, and this may refer to the cheerful fragment "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. Or perhaps the... | |
 | William Bridges Hunter (Jr.) - 1978 - 226 pages
...SOUNDS, AND mixt power employ (SolMus 3) Wisely hast shun'd THE BROAD | WAY AND the green (Sonn 9. 2) The Flowry May, who from her green lap throws The yellow Cowslip, and THE PALE | PRIMROSE. (May 3-4) Prosodists of later centuries were to criticize Milton for writing thus; but indeed he had... | |
 | Robert Manson Myers - 1991 - 262 pages
...see you do not like the month of May, CARRIE: Alas, I do not like the month of May. JOSEPH (readingl: 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... | |
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