May-Day

May-Day is a classic collection of American nature poetry by Ralph Waldo Emerson that includes the following titles: May-day -- The Adirondacs -- Occasional and miscellaneous pieces: Brahma. Nemesis. Fate. Freedom. Ode sung in the Town hall, Concord, July 4, 1857. Boston hymn. Voluntaries. Love and thought. I greet with joy the choral trains Fresh from palms and Cuba's canes.Best gems of Nature's cabinet,With dews of tropic morning wet,Beloved of children, bards, and Spring,O birds, your perfect virtues bring,Your song, your forms, your rhythmic flight,Your manners for the heart's delight,Nestle in hed.