A Metrical History of England Or, Recollections, in Rhyme, Of some of the most prominent Features in our National Chronology, from the Landing of Julius Caesar to the Commencement of the Regency, in 1812. In Two Volumes ... By Thomas Dibdin |
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Spring.
“This was in midst of month of May,“When birdis sing on ilka spray,
“Melland their notes with seemly soun,
“For softness of the sweet seasoun.
“And leaves of the branches spreeds,
“And bloomis bright, beside them, breeds,
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“Well favouring of seir colours.”
John Barbour.
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