...stream completed the illusion. My fancy adorned it with wreaths of flowersand peopled the green banks with all the dancing revelry of May-day. The mere...of the day ; and as I traversed a part of the fair plain of Cheshire and the beautiful borders of Wales, and looked from among swelling hills down the...

...Froissart. The May-pole on the margin of that poetic stream completed the illusion. My fancy adorned it with wreaths of flowers, and peopled the green bank with...of the day; and as I traversed a part of the fair plain of Cheshire, and the beautiful borders of Wales, and looked from among swelling hills down a...

...the river from the quaint little city of Chester. . . . The mere sight of this Maypole gave a glow tu my feelings and spread a charm over the country for the rest of the day. . . . One can readily imagine what a gay scene it must have been in jolly old London, when the doors...

...Washington Irving was filled with delight by seeing one on the banks of the Dee. " My fancy adorned it with wreaths of flowers, and peopled the green bank with...part of the fair plains of Cheshire and the beautiful bor' ders of Wales, and looked from among swelling j hills down a long green valley, through which...

...FROISSART. The Maypole on the margin of that poetic stream completed the illusion. My fancy adorned it with wreaths of flowers, and peopled the green bank with...of the day ; and as I traversed a part of the fair plain of Chester, and the beautiful borders of Wales, and looked from among swelling hills down a long...