Two Festivals

By Eliza Lee Cabot Follen

Eliza Follen was a 19th century American author best known for being an abolitionist and railing against slavery during the Civil War era.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Krill Press
• Release date: Mar 3, 2016
• ISBN: 9781531243609

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TWO FESTIVALS

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Eliza Lee Cabot Follen

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MAY MORNING AND NEW YEAR’S EVE. THE BIRTHDAY. A TRUE STORY.: MAY MORNING AND NEW YEAR’S EVE.

THE BIRTHDAY.

A TRUE STORY.

Two Festivals

By

Eliza Lee Cabot Follen

Two Festivals

Published by Milk Press

New York City, NY

First published circa 1880

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MAY MORNING AND NEW YEAR’S EVE. THE BIRTHDAY. A TRUE STORY.: MAY MORNING AND NEW YEAR’S EVE.

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IT IS THE EVENING BEFORE the first of May, and the boys are looking forward to a May-day festival with the children in the neighborhood. Mrs. Chilton read aloud these beautiful lines of Milton:—

Now the bright morning star, Day’s harbinger,

Comes dancing from the east, and loads with her

The flowery May, who from her green lap throws

The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose.

Thus we salute thee with our early song,

And welcome thee, and with thee long.

How beautiful! said Frank and Harry. Suppose, Mother, said Harry, it should rain, and hail, and snow to-morrow, for it looks like it now, and then you know we cannot go into the woods and gather flowers; and all our plans will be spoiled. Why, then, my dear, we must enjoy May morning as the great poet did, after he lost his sight, with our mind’s eye; and you must bear your disappointment patiently. Easier said than done, Mother, said Harry. Why, only think of all our preparations, and the beautiful wreath you made for Lizzy Evans, who is to be queen of the May, and how pretty she would look in it, and then think of the dinner in the woods, we all sitting round in a circle, and she and the king of the May in the midst of us, and Ned Brown playing on his flageolet; and then you know we are all to walk home in procession, and have a dance at his mother’s after tea. You will not lose your dance, Harry, said his mother, if it should hail, and rain, and snow; but, on the contrary, enjoy it all the more, for then you will riot be fatigued by a long walk; and Lizzy can wear the wreath at any rate. "I don’t care for the fatigue, Mother; I want to be in the woods and gather the flowers with my own hands, and smell them as I gather them in the fresh air, and hear the birds sing; and to scream as loud as I please, and kick