Quote#Nature
May! queen of blossoms
Quote byEdward Hovell Thurlow · 1781–1829
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Select Poems (1821), Song. To May, st. 1.
English (original)
May! queen of blossoms, And fulfilling flowers, With what pretty music Shall we charm the hours? Wilt thou have pipe and reed, Blown in the open mead? Or to the lute give heed In the green bowers?
— Edward Hovell Thurlow
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