Hail, fairy queen, adorned with flowers,
Attended by the smiling hours,
'Tis thine to dress in rosy bowers
In colours gay...
Little Girl With Flower Basket
Maud Humphrey Bogart
(1868-1940)
American artist
Mother of actor Humphrey Bogart
Image courtesy/Etsy
We love to wander in thy train,
To meet thee on the fertile plain
To bless thy soft propitious reign,
O lovely May!
'Tis thine to dress the vale anew,
In fairest verdure bright with dew;
And harebells of the mildest blue,
Smile in thy way;
Then let us welcome pleasant spring,
And still the flowery tribute bring,
And still to thee our carol sing,
O lovely May!
Now by the genial zephyr fanned,
The blossoms of the rose expand;
And reared by thee with gentle hand,
Their charms display;
The air is balmy and serene,
And all the sweet luxuriant scene
By thee is clad in tender green,
O lovely May!
"The Return Of May"
Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans
(1793-1835)
English Late Romantic Era poetess