“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.” GivingMayHoursFlowerGreenQueensCharmFulfillingPipeHeedReedsMeadMay DaySpring May Author:Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow
“Let every Christian be a gardener so that he and she and the whole of creation, which groans in expectation of the Spirit's final harvest, may inherit Paradise. If we Christian's truly treasure the hope that one day we, like Adam and the penitent thief, will walk alongside the One who caused even the dead wood of the Cross to blossom with flowers, then we must also imitate the Master's art and make the desolate earth grow green.” IfsMayArtWholeEarthChristianSpiritGrowsWalksCreationFlowerMastersOne DayExpectationsCrossesGreenFinalsWoodsTreasureParadiseAdamThievesHarvestGardenerDesolate Book:Inheriting Paradise: Meditations on Gardening Source: Inheriting Paradise: Meditations on Gardening
“Read my little fable: He that runs may read. Most can raise the flowers now, For all have got the seed.” MayLittlesRunningAbilityFlowerRaisesSeedsFables Book:Fifty Poems Source: Fifty Poems
“Let patriotism have its high days and freedom its monuments, and let the triumphs of navigators and generals be annually observed; but surely, beyond all these, a season that stands for as much to the race as Easter does may well be remembered each year with songs and flowers and with every mark of gratitude and of loftiest jubilation.” YearsWellsMayDoeSongRaceFlowerGratitudeSeasonsMarkTriumphRememberedEasterMonumentNavigatorsJubilation Author:George Horace Lorimer
“O lovely lily clean, O lily springing green, O lily bursting white, Dear lily of delight, Spring in my heart agen That I may flower to men.” MenHeartMayWhiteFlowerMy HeartSpringGreenCleanDearDelightLovelyLiliesBurstingMay Flowers Book:Selected poems Source: Selected poems
“Blood and tears are going to be our lot, whether we like them or not. Our blood and tears will flow; maybe the parched soil of India needs them so that the fine flower of freedom may grow again.” NeedsMayGrowsSacrificeBloodTearsFlowerFineFlowIndiaSoil Author:Jawaharlal Nehru
“Who hath not seen thee oft amid thy store? Sometimes whoever seeks abroad may find Thee sitting careless on a granary floor, Thy hair soft-lifted by the winnowing wind; Or on a half-reap'd furrow sound asleep, Drows'd with the fume of poppies, while thy hook Spares the next swath and all its twined flowers.” MaySometimesNextSoundHalfWindFlowerHairSittingStoresTheeSparesHookCarelessReapPoppies Author:John Keats
“The sincere love of books has nothing to do with cleverness or stupidity any more than any other sincere love. It is a quality of character, a freshness, a power of pleasure, a power of faith. A silly person may delight in reading masterpieces just as a silly person may delight in picking flowers. A fool may be in love with a poet as he may be in love with a woman.” MayPersonsBookCharacterReadingPleasureQualityPoetFlowerFoolDelightStupiditySillySincereMasterpieceClevernessFreshnessSincere LovePicking FlowersSilly Person Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton