...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...

...health of a true amateur. GLEE,/br 4 Voices. — LODGE ELLERTON, Esq. (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, and Bass.) Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes...early song, And welcome thee, and wish thee long. Words by Milton. Thase words are also set by Grcville, Dr. Cooke and Berg. (See Clark, P. 171.) From...

...dispensed, And she no whit encumbered with her store, Antl t.*en the giver would be better thanked." " 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,...

...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,...

...the pale primrose. Hail I beauteous May, that doth inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire; Meads and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth...early song, And welcome thee, and wish thee long." To all which circumstances may be added that the said John Milton is affirmed (perhaps with a view...

...tendencies — " Now the bright morning-star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and brings with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip and the pale primrose. Hail ! beauteous May, that doth inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire ; Meads and groves are of thy...

...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...early song, And welcome thee and wish thee long." In their own sphere, the verses with which Burns begins the song under consideration, seem to promise...