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Months-June: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

When May, with cowslip-braided locks, Walks through the land in green attire. And burns in meadow-grass the phlox His torch of purple fire: * * * * * * And when the punctual May arrives, With cowslip-garland on her brow, We know what once she gave our lives, And cannot give us now!— BAYARD TAYLOR — The Lost May.

For I'm to be Queen o' the May, mother, I'm to be Queen o' the May.— TENNYSON — The May Queen. St. 1.

Among the changing months, May stands confest The sweetest, and in fairest colors dressed.— THOMSON — On May.

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?— LORD THURLOW — To May.

June. I gazed upon the glorious sky And the green mountains round, And thought that when I came to lie At rest within the ground, 'Twere pleasant, that in flowery June, When brooks send up a cheerful tune, And groves a joyous sound, The sexton's hand, my grave to make, The rich, green mountain-turf should break.— BRYANT — June.

June falls asleep upon her bier of flowers; In vain are dewdrops sprinkled o'er her, In vain would fond winds fan her back to life, Her hours are numbered on the floral dial.— LUCY LARCOM — Death of June. L. 1.

And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days; Then Heaven tries earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays.— LOWELL — The Vision of Sir Launfal.

So sweet, so sweet the roses in their blowing, So sweet the daffodils, so fair to see; So blithe and gay the humming-bird a-going From flower to flower, a-hunting with the bee. T.— NORA PERRY — In June.

It is the month of June, The month of leaves and roses, When pleasant sights salute the eyes And pleasant scents the noses.— N. P. WILLIS — The Month of June.