With Daffodils and Damask Roses set:
Bay-leaves betweene,
And Primroses greene
Embellished the sweete Violet.”
—Spenser.
The coronation of the rustic queen concluded the out-door festivities of May-day, although her majesty’s duties would not appear to have been fulfilled until she reached her home.
“Then all the rest in sorrow,
And she in sweet content,
Gave over till the morrow,
And homeward straight they went;