THE QUEEN OE MAY. 
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THE QUEEN OF MAY. 
HOPE AND DESIRE BREAK MY REPOSE, AND HAVE 
CALLED FORTH THIS DECLARATION OF LOVE. 
Hmblems. 
HAWTHORN— hope. WHITE JONQUIL— desire. CONVOL¬ 
VULUS — REPOSE. TULIP — DECLARATION OF LOVE. 
’Twas May-day morn, nor had a lovelier day 
From out the eastern chambers e’er been given; 
. The lark had left the heath and flown away, 
Singing, into the clear blue dome of heaven 
The bee went round to tell the flowers ’twas May. 
The beautiful Hawthorn has been selected, as well 
as the Snowdrop, for the emblem of Hope ; and there 
are few hut can recall with delight the healthy fra¬ 
grance which has cheered them, while wandering be¬ 
tween the green hedgerows of England. Our old 
poets, as if despairing to find a fitting name for this 
fragrant blossom, have called it May, after one of the 
