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May Day (or Mayday) is on May 1st. The day is a celebration of the first spring planting, and has also been celebrated as Beltane, "the day of fire."
May - Christina Georgina Rossetti
Read "May," by Christina Georgina Rossetti.
May and the Poets
Read "May and the Poets," by James Henry Leigh Hunt.
May Day - Sarah Teasdale
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