May 26.

May 27.

Of piercing wit and pregnant thought,
Endued by nature and by learning taught
To move assemblies.

William Pitt, 1759.

May 29.

Absalom and Achitophel.

How shall I speak of that triumphant day,
When you renewed the expiring pomp of May !
A month that owns an interest in your name;
You and the flowers are its peculiar claim.

Charles II., 1630. Sarah Jennings, 1660.

May 30.

Astræa Redux.

Virtue's his path; but sometimes 'tis too narrow
For his vast soul; and then he starts out wide,
And bounds into a vice that bears him far
From his first course, and plunges him in ills.

Peter the Great, 1672.

All for Love.

May 29.

May 30.

When love did of my heart possession take,
I was so young, my soul was scarce awake:
I cannot tell when first I thought you fair,
But sucked in love insensibly as air.

Marriage-à-la-Mode.