MAY.
Some modern sages, nothing can be flatter,
Find Bi-polarity 'twixt mind and matter.
There's prima facie proof, upon the whole,
It once existed in the man-maypole.
But barring manners, you'll admit no less,
He stands conspicuous for his pole-height-ness.
D.Great Events and Odd Matters.Prognostifications.
1Chimney Sweepers' Jubilee. Emancipation of the Blacks.
2 the lords
3ARCHERY.—Miss Higgins to Miss Figgins.and ladies
4This comes to tell you, dearest Coz, I've been to Beulah Spa,☌ ♂
And there, among the Archer folk, have shone with such éclat.
5Well, I declare, 'tis charming sport to play at bows and arrows:of all the
I do not wonder little boys so love to shoot at sparrows.
6Some petty, trifling accidents occurr'd, I must confess:houses in
In taking aim, I tore a hole in Mrs. Simpkin's dress,
7Who gave me such a frightful look, as really made me shiver;Petty
And put my nerves in such a way as caus'd my hand to quiver.
8So, just as Mr. Foozle, in his most politest manner,France.[[2]]
Was paying me fine compliments, and calling me Diana,
9My elbow slipped, and struck him such a blow upon the nose,♋ ♀ ♐
As caus'd the blood to spirt about, and cover all his clothes.
10The boy who picks the arrows up, I shot right thro' the ear:Again
I'm sure he'd but himself to blame,—he stood so very near:
11'Twas only just a hundred yards from where the target stood,☽ ♀ ♐ ♄
So how to help the hitting him would puzzle Robin Hood.
12Altho' I'm sorry for the brat, I greatly pleas'd my spark,who will
Who thought me quite a heroine to shoot so near the mark.
13So pr'ythee come, my dearest Coz, Diana's bow to draw,deny, that
And join the gay Toxophilites who shoot at Beulah Spa.
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♏ ♉
15Whit-Monday.Now madcap Mirth, with reckless air,
Sports down gay Pleasure's tide;Juniper
16Whit-Tuesday.With every care cast to the winds,
And all his Wits-untied.hath a more
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malignant
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influence
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than
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Jupiter?
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From Friars-Black and Chapel-White
22They rush to Greenwich Fair,♅ ☉ ☊ ☽
Each donkey-cart has its asses' load,
23Each chaise owns three a pair.
Some go by steam or sailing vessel,or, that,
24Some by the Elephant and Castle.
in the
25The vent'rous see that famous hill,
Renown'd for fate's decree,olden times
26That they who tarry at the top
Shall soon the bottom see.of pugilism,
27There's merry frisking on the grass,
For courting sporting people;
28And the curious seek the spying glass,♀ ♐ ♊ ♉
To peep at Barking steeple.
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[2]. A terra incognita, lying in the vicinity of Tothill Fields.

"Show his eyes and grieve his heart;

Come like shadows, so depart."

Courteous Reader,

Divaricating from the beaten track of all my predecessors in the Celestial Art, whose method it hath ever been to leave the interpretation of their symbolical prefigurements to be explorated and divined by the subtlety of the ingenious reader himself,—by the which they did shroud, in a tenfold tenebrosity of Cimmerian gloom, their no-meaning mysteries, and ambiguous puzzlements;—deviating, I say, from such a course, I do herewith not only present thee, as hath been my custom, with an Hieroglyphic "adapted to the times," but lifting the veil of obscurity, wherein it is shrouded from vulgar apprehension, lay patent and exposed the hidden meaning thereof.

It hath in it the three grand postulates or requirements of a veritable Hieroglyphic, videlicet,—It is Astroscopical, Astrological, and Prophetical:—

It is Astroscopical, as it is founded on an observation of the Stars.

It is Astrological, as it is indicative of planetary potency and lunar influence; and