MIDNIGHT, MAY 1st
This is all the news worth sending , and I must catch flies for myself now , you know . -LSB- Illustration -RSB- -LSB- Illustration -RSB- So farewell , For I am in haste . -LSB- Illustration -RSB- _ ON HEARING THE CUCKOO AT MIDNIGHT , MAY 1st . 1822 . _ -LRB- CHARLES BLOOMFIELD . -RRB- 'T was the blush of the spring , vegetation was young , And the birds with a maddening ecstasy sung To welcome a season so lovely and gay -- But a scene the most sweet was the close of May-day .