L’Allegro John Milton In his pictorial poem “L’ Allegro” or the lively man, he hails the goddess of Mirth and considers her possible parentage, perhaps the offspring of love and wine or, more wisely, of the West Wind and Dawn: But come thou goddess fair and free, In heaven yclept Euphrosyne, And by men, heart-easing […]
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May 1 John Milton
Song on a May Morning John Milton Now the bright morning star, Day’s harbinger, Comes dancing from the East, and leads with her The flowery May that from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail bounteous May that dost inspire Mirth and youth and warm desire; Woods […]