┌─────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │1836.] │ MAY. │ ├─────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ │The depth of "A Winter in London," I sing:— │ │ │ For thus do the rulers of fashion declare— │ │ │That _Spring Garden_ shall yield all they know of the │ │ │ _spring_, │ │ │ And the charms of _fair May_ be supplied in _May │ │ │ Fair_. │ ├──┬──────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────┬────────────┤ │M │ Season's │ "=Old May Day.=" │ WEATHER. │ │D │ Signs. │ │ │ ├──┼──────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────┼────────────┤ │ 1│Ah! well- │ BY A NONAGENARIAN. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 2│a-day! │ When I was young and in my prime, │ who │ │ │ │ Then ev'rything look'd gay; │ │ │ 3│alack! │ And nothing was so merry as │ ☌ ♓ ♑ ♌ │ │ │ │ The merry FIRST OF MAY: │ │ │ 4│alas! │ Kind Nature, who doth ever smile, │ in place │ │ │ │ Seem'd then to smile the more; │ │ │ 5│that │ And ev'ry Spring that time did bring│ of │ │ │ │ Seem'd greener than before. │ │ │ 6│such a │ The birds they sang so jocundly,— │ │ │ │ │ They fill'd the air around, │ │ │ 7│thing │ And human hearts as jocundly │ ☿ ♊ ☽ │ │ │ │ Responded to the sound. │ │ │ 8│should │ I recollect the lovely scene │ consulting │ │ │ │ As though I saw it still:— │ │ │ 9│come │ The mansion of a noble race │ the stars │ │ │ │ Was seated on a hill; │ │ │10│to pass! │ And smilingly it seem'd to look │ │ │ │ │ Upon the plain below, │ │ │11│but on │ Where groups of happy villagers │ ♎ ♐ ☍ ♋ ♉ │ │ │ │ Were sporting to and fro. │ │ │12│my word, │ The May-pole in the centre plac'd, │according to│ │ │ │ All deck'd with garlands gay. │ │ │13│I feel │ While lads and lasses danc'd around,│ art, │ │ │ │ And footed it away. │ │ │14│suspi- │ The ruddy hostess of the inn, │ │ │ │ │ Which stood within the vale, │ │