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The new works had been in successful operation little more than a year, when a flood, long after known as the "Great May-day Flood," swept away Dudley's principal works at Cradley, and otherwise inflicted much damage throughout the district.
Leath for its presidents, had already held several meetings. Nevertheless, Glebeshire has a rather languishing climate. Polchester has been called by its critics "a lazy town," and it must be confessed that everything in connection with the Jubilee had been jogging along very sleepily until of a sudden this warm May-day arrived, and every one sprang into action.
Now the sun was going down, and they gaily turned their steps toward home. "A happy May-day!" the children called to one another the next morning, as they set out, at a very early hour, upon their pleasant round of floral gift-leaving. Before doing so, however, each had held a special conference with Ellen. "Yes, I've managed it. Won't everybody be surprised?" she quietly agreed again and again.
Their broad moist noses; their large, liquid eyes, and, doubtless, a certain sense of pride in their "sweet nosegaies," like the pride of the Beast of a Regiment in his badge. Horses, too, came in for their share of May decorations. It was an old custom to give the waggoner a ribbon for his team at every inn he passed on May-day.
Creighton was all prepared for observation, Elinor, as usual, quite regardless of it. "We must carry off some flowers from May-day island," said Mr. Ellsworth, preparing to gather a bouquet for Elinor.
But why linger so long over that May-day which Richard remembered through many, many future years, growing faint and sick as often as the spring brought back the apple-blossom perfume or the song of mated robins.
To be crossed at home, to be birched at school, to work all May-day in the tannery vats, and to be laughed at it was too much. "Ye think that I will na? Well, I'll show ye! 'Tis only eight miles to Warwick, and hardly more than that beyond no walk at all; and Diccon Haggard, my mother's cousin, lives in Coventry. So out upon your musty Latin English is good enough for me this day!
The Adirondacs. Occasional and Miscellaneous Pieces. Nature and Life. Elements. Quatrains. Translations. Some of these poems, which were written at long intervals, have been referred to in previous pages. "The Adirondacs" is a pleasant narrative, but not to be compared for its poetical character with "May-Day," one passage from which, beginning, "I saw the bud-crowned Spring go forth,"
But presently, partly by persuasion, and partly by pushing and urging, we got him to turn from the statue and accompany us a little ways till we came to a stand in the neighborhood of the Palace of the Portinari, toward which the procession of the May-day was making its way.
All was life and hospitality; noble guests came from far and wide; there were sounds of music and the clanging of flagons, so loud that I could not drown them! said the wind. 'Here were arrogance and ostentation enough and to spare; plenty of lords, but the Lord had no place there. 'Then came the evening of May-day! said the wind.
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