“ Sweet May hath come to love us, Flowers, trees, their blossoms don; And through the blue heavens above us The very clouds move on. ”
- Heinrich Heine- Copy
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“ As it fell upon a day in the merry month of May, sitting in a pleasant shade which a grove of myrtles made. ”
- Richard Barnfield- Copy
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“ Oh! that we two were Maying Down the stream of the soft spring breeze; Like children with violets playing, In the shade of the whispering trees. ”
- Charles Kingsley- Copy
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“ For I'm to be Queen o' the May, mother, I'm to be Queen o' the May. ”
- Lord Alfred Tennyson- Copy
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“ There's her cousin, an she were not possessed with a fury, exceeds her as much in beauty as the first of May doth the last of December. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ No doubt they rose up early to observe The rite of May; and, hearing our intent, Came here in grace of our solemnity. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ Hebe's here, May is here! The air is fresh and sunny; And the miser-bees are busy Hoarding golden honey. ”
- Thomas Bailey Aldrich- Copy
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“ Among the changing months, May stands confest The sweetest, and in fairest clothes dressed. ”
- James Thomson- Copy
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“ O May, sweet-voice one, going thus before, Forever June may pour her warm red wine Of life and passions, — sweeter days are thine! ”
- Helen Hunt Jackson- Copy
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“ When May, with cowslip-braided locks, Walks through the land in green attire. And burns in meadow-grass the phlox His torch of purple fire:.... And when the punctual May arrives, With cowslip-garland on her brow, We know what once she gave our lives, And cannot give us now! ”
- Bayard Taylor- Copy
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