...&c. His pages are full of roses, violets, primroses, daffodils, breathing a natural freshness : — I sing of brooks, of blossoms, birds, and bowers, Of April, May, of June, of July-flowers ; I sing of May-poles, hock-carts, wassails, wakes, Of bridegrooms, brides, and of...

...— SKY. Nature the vicar of tlio Almightie Lord." — CHAUCER. NATURE. ARGUMENT OF HIS BOOK. I 9IXO of brooks, of blossoms, birds, and bowers, Of April,...By these, to sing of cleanly wantonness; I sing of clews, of rains, and, piece by piece, Of balm, of oil, of spice, and ambergri'ce. I sing of times trans-shifting;...

...SKY. ( Nature the vicar of the Almightie Lord." — CHAUCER. NATTJEE. ARGUMENT OF HIS BOOK. I SIXG of brooks, of blossoms, birds, and bowers, Of April,...-wassails, wakes, Of bride-grooms, brides, and of their brklal-cakes. I write of youth, of love, and have access By these, to sing of cleanly wantonness; I...

...the vows, to first affection due, Still breathed — for love that ceases, ne'er was true. PART II. I sing of brooks, of blossoms, birds, and bowers, Of April, May, of June, and July flowers ; — I write of groves, of twilight ; and I sing The Court of Mab, and of the Fairy-...

...the vows, to first affection due, Still breath'd — for love that ceases ne'er was true. PART II. 1 sing of brooks, of blossoms, birds, and bowers, Of April, May, of June, and July flowers ;— I write of groves, of twilight ; and I sing The Court of Mab, and of the Fairy King...

...poem : — I sing of books, of blossoms, birds and bowers, Of April, May, of Jane and July flowers. I sing of maypoles, hock-carts, wassails, wakes, Of bridegrooms, brides, and of their bridal cakes. It would not have been easy to describe more correctly what he does sing of. The book...

...silently corrected in our text. HESPERIDES. The Argument of his Book, SING of Brooks, of Blossomes, Birds, and Bowers : Of April, May, of June, and JulyFlowers....I sing of May-poles, Hock-carts ;* Wassails? Wakes f Of Bride-grooms, Brides, and of their Bridall-cakes. I write of Youth, of Love, and have Accesse...

...Go, happy rose, and, interwove With other flowers, hiud my Love "... 61 : THE ARGUMENT OF HIS BOOK. SING of brooks, of blossoms, birds, and bowers, Of April, May, of June, and July flowers ; I sing of May -poles, hock-carts, wassails, wakes, Of bridegrooms, brides, and of their...

...synoptical outline of his poetical creations, or as he terms it, 'The Argument' of his Hesperides : " ' I sing of brooks, of blossoms, birds and bowers, Of...wassails, wakes, Of bridegrooms, brides, and of their bridal cakes. I write of youth, of love, and have access By these, to sing of cleanly wantonness ;...

...I sing of May-poles, hock-carts, waseaib, wakes, Of bridegrooms, brides, and of their bridal cakes. I write of youth, of love, and have access By these, to sing of rlatnli> icantunntM ; I sing of dews, of raius, and, piece by piece. Of balm, of oil, of spire, and...