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ALL IN A GARDEN FAIR.
IXTEODUCTIOX.
THE PKIZn: OF Till': GOLDEX AITLE.
If tlic montlis of the year are feminine, like the
fleeting liours, then the most feminine, the most
variable, the greatei^t coquette of the ^vliole
twelve, is that nymph whom we call May
—
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qui sy fie. She is inconstant ; she never
remains of tlie same mind ; she is faithless ;
she is full of whims ; sometimes she is so sweet
and charming that she carries all hearts, not by
savage assault, but by tlie mere asj^ect and
sight of her. Sometimes she is so full of smiles
and winning ways that men, looking upon each
other, wonder how any could be found to speak
a word in her dispraise ; she sings, and laughs,
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