May Day is a European festival of ancient origins marking the beginning of summer, usually celebrated on 1 May, around halfway between the spring equinox and summer solstice. (Wikipedia)
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Look around you: Winter is over;
the winter rains are over, gone!
Spring flowers are in blossom all over.
The whole world’s a choir—and singing!
Spring warblers are filling the forest
with sweet strains.
Lilacs are exuberantly purple and perfumed,
and cherry trees fragrant with blossoms.
Song of Solomon 2:11-13a The Message
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Sing a song of Maytime, sing a song of Spring;
Flowers are in their beauty, birds are on the wing.
Blossom on the hedgerows, sunshine on the hills,
Oh! The happy Maytime all my being fills.
Time of Resurrection, Jesus always near,
Joyous alleluias everywhere we hear.
New life all around us, beauty everywhere,
Sounds and scents of Springtime rising like a prayer.
Happy days of Maytime, treasures of the Spring
All reflect the beauty of the heavenly King.
And as we grow older, lose our childhood days,
Every lovely Springtime we shall sing his praise.
Maytime, playtime, God has given the Maytime,
Thank him for his gifts of love, sing a song of Spring.
by Frederick A. Jackson
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