┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬────────────┐ │ MAY. │ [1835.│ ├─────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────┤ │ │Madame de Staël declared, one day, │ │ │She was always afraid of the month of MAY; │ │ │So bless Lord Brougham's legislation,— │ │ │His "boon to the female population,"— │ │ │Which keeps them, 'gainst their kind intent, │ │ │Discreet by act of parliament. │ ├──┬──────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────┬────────────┤ │ M│ Season's │ =Odd Matters.= │ WEATHER. │ │ D│ Signs. │ │ │ ├──┼──────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────┼────────────┤ │ 1│First of │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Touching │ │ 2│May │ THE CHIMNEY SWEEP'S LAMENT. │ │ │ │ │ │ ♈ ♀ ⚹ ♏ ☽ │ │ 3│Day │ │ │ │ │ │"Ah, Sal! vot lots of First of Mays │the weather │ │ 4│once │Is gone, since them 'ere jolly days, │ │ │ │ │ Ven times vos times to brag on; │ ♃ ⊕ ♒ ☉ │ │ 5│a gay │I can't make out vot hails the nation, │ │ │ │ │For now there's sich a halteration, │ I do │ │ 6│day │ Ve've much ado to vag on. │ │ │ │ │ │ somewhat, │ │ 7│Jack │"Vy, ven the big reform bill pass'd, │ │ │ │ │Ve holp John Russell to the last, │ │ │ 8│in the │ Like birdies of a feather; │ ☿ ♊ ☽ │ │ │ │And, sure, their Vorships von't deny │ │ │ 9│green │Ve daily join'd in common cry, │as it were, │ │ │ │ And sung out 'Sveep' together. │ │ │10│ravish- │ │ dubitate; │ │ │ │"But now, unmindful vot they owes, │ │ │11│ing │They makes no odds 'twixt friends and │ │ │ │ │ foes, │ │ │ │ │ And gags us with their laws; │ ☌ ♒ ☿ ♊ ♎ │ │12│scene │For since the nobs has got their ends, │ │ │ │ │They grows asham'd of chummy friends, │ tho' most │ │13│chimney │ And makes us hold our jaws. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │14│sweepers │"There's Bob the dustman rings his bell, │ ☌ ♓ ♑ ♌ │