5617. Barnfield, Richard. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996

The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996.


NUMBER:	5617
QUOTATION:	In the merry month of May, Sitting in a pleasant shade, Which a grove of myrtles made, Beasts did leap, and birds did sing, Trees did grow, and plants did spring: Every thing did banish moan, Save the Nightingale alone.
ATTRIBUTION:	Richard Barnfield (1574–1629), British poet. The Affectionate Shepherd (l. 13–14). . . Oxford Book of English Verse, The, 1250–1918. Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. (New ed., rev. and enl., 1939) Oxford University Press.