HAWTHORN. 



(CKAT^GUS OXTACANTHA.) 



" I will that women adora themselves in modest apparel, with shame- 



facedness and sobriety ; not with broidered hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly 

 array ; 



But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works." 



1 Tim. ii. 9, 10. 



'Tis the merry month of Majdng' — 



And the sun is no more coy, 

 Thrush and merle, through woodland straying, 



Carol forth their notes of joy. 



Children weave the garland gaily ', 



Roving over plain and height, — 

 Cowslip, King-cup, pearl-like J Daisy, 



Each is welcom'd with delight. 



Every hedge-row now is gleaming 



"With its silvery array ; 

 Ne'er saw I in land of dreaming 



Aught more lovely than the May ^. 



' See note at end of vol. 



J The French call the daisy petite marguerite (little pearl), the Italians 

 '/narglteriteffia. 



^ " Hailed from its fair and sweet array 



The namesake of the lovely May." — Bp. Mant. 



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