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" Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire... "
Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly ... - Page 215
by John Brand - 1853
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Paradise Regain'd: A Poem. In Four Books. To which is Added Samson Agonistes ...

John Milton - 1707 - 480 pages
...may her foul acquaint, With thee there clad in radiant flieen, No Marchionefs, but now a Queen. SONG. SONG. On May Morning NOW the bright morning Star, Day's harbinger, Comes dancing from theEaft,and leads with her The Flow'ry May, who from her green lap throws The yellow Cowflip, and the...
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Specimens of the early English poets [ed. by G. Ellis.]. To which ..., Volume 3

English poets - 1801 - 488 pages
...lines are only inserted here, for the purpose of exhibiting one short specimen of this great master. SONG ON MAY MORNING. Now the bright morning star,...Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous...
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Specimens of the early English poets [ed. by G. Ellis.]. To which ..., Volume 3

English poets - 1801 - 454 pages
...here, for the purpose of exhibiting one short specimen of this great master. SONG Off MAY MORNING. i Now the bright- morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous...
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Specimens of the Early English Poets: To which is Prefixed an ..., Volume 3

George Ellis - 1803 - 476 pages
...popular to require reprinting, only the two following short specimens are given of this great master. SONG On May Morning. Now the bright Morning Star,...Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous...
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 12

1808 - 556 pages
...to his vocation of citing paT rallel passages, and gives us the well known lines of Milton's famous song on May morning. ' Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, ' &c. To which, however, he annexes a note, stating, that ' it has not been recollected to what poet...
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Illustrations of Shakespeare, and of Ancient Manners: With ..., Volume 1

Francis Douce - 1807 - 552 pages
...home to church-j-ards. MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. 195 Aurora's harbinger is Lucifer, the morning star. " Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the East m " * It was the popular belief that ghosts retired at the approach of day. Thus the spirit of Hamlet's...
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English Minstrelsy: Being a Selection of Fugitive Poetry from the ..., Volume 1

Walter Scott - 1810 - 308 pages
...And sob ; but ever live with me, And not a wave shall trouble thee ! X. SONG ON MAY MORNING. MILTON. Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous...
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Paradise Lost and Regained: With the Latin and Other Poems of John ..., Volume 4

John Milton - 1810 - 414 pages
...On her hastening funeral. TOI. jv. x 305 • ODES. 30? SONG Y MORNING Now the bright Morning-star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous...
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Cowper's Milton [the poetical works, with life, notes and tr. by W. Cowper ...

John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...in radiant sheen, No Marchioness, but now a Queen. SONG ov MAY MORNING. Now the bright Morning-star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous...
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Paradise regained. An account of Cowper's writings, relating to Milton. A ...

William Hayley - 1810 - 418 pages
...radiant sheen, No Marchioness, but now a Queen. SONG ON M.1Y MORNING. Now the bright Morning-star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous...
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