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 May, queen of blossoms,
 And fulfilling flowers,
  With what pretty music
   Shall we charm read more 
 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. 
 Hebe's here, May is here!
 The air is fresh and sunny;
  And the miser-bees are busy
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 Hebe's here, May is here!
 The air is fresh and sunny;
  And the miser-bees are busy
   Hoarding golden honey. 
O month when they who love must love and wed.
O month when they who love must love and wed.
 Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
 And summer's lease hath all too short a date.  
 Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
 And summer's lease hath all too short a date. 
 All furnished, all in arms;
 All plum'd like estridges that with the wind
  Bated like eagles having read more 
 All furnished, all in arms;
 All plum'd like estridges that with the wind
  Bated like eagles having lately bathed;
   Glittering in golden coats like images;
    As full of spirit as the month of May
     And gorgeous as the sun at midsummer;
      Wanton as youthful goats, wild as young bulls. 
 Oh! that we two were Maying
 Down the stream of the soft spring breeze;
  Like children with read more 
 Oh! that we two were Maying
 Down the stream of the soft spring breeze;
  Like children with violets playing,
   In the shade of the whispering trees. 
 As it fell upon a day
 In the merry month of May,
  Sitting in a pleasant shade
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 As it fell upon a day
 In the merry month of May,
  Sitting in a pleasant shade
   Which a grove of myrtles made. 
 O May, sweet-voice one, going thus before,
 Forever June may pour her warm red wine
  Of life read more 
 O May, sweet-voice one, going thus before,
 Forever June may pour her warm red wine
  Of life and passions,--sweeter days are thine! 
More matter for a May morning.
More matter for a May morning.