This document is an excerpt from William Wordsworth's poem "Ode Composed On A May Morning" describing the arrival of May. It discusses how the morning star departs as dawn arrives, Flora awakens from her slumber as May comes to the lawn. Nature welcomes May, whose power tempers the year's extremes and scatters lustrous dew over the midday like morning dew, exciting hearts with melodic warbling and trilling while humming the balmy air to still the balance of delight.

1. STUCKEY FAMILY GARDENS

3. with lines from ODE COMPOSED On A MAY MORNING BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

4. While from the purpling east departs

6. Blithe Flora from her couch upstarts,

7. For May is on the lawn.

8. A quickening hope, a freshening glee,

9. Foreran the expected Power,

10. Whose first-drawn, breath from bush and tree,

11. Shakes off that pearly shower.

12. All nature welcomes Her whose sway

13. Temper’s the year’s extremes;

14. Who scattereth lustres o’er noon-day,

15. Like mornings dewey gleams;

16. While mellow warble, sprightly trill ,

17. The tremulous heart excite;

18. And hums the balmy air to still

19. The balance of delight.