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SONNETS OF THE MONTHS: MAY, by                    
First Line: I give you horses for your games in may
Last Line: And every day be glad with joyful love.
Alternate Author Name(s): Folgore Da San Gimignano; Di Michele, Giacomo
Subject(s): May (month)


I give you horses for your games in May,
And all of them well trained unto the course, --
Each docile, swift, erect, a goodly horse;
With armour on their chests, and bells at play
Between their brows, and pennons fair and gay;
Fine nets, and housings meet for warriors,
Emblazoned with the shields ye claim for yours;
Gules, argent, or, all dizzy at noonday.
And spears shall split, and fruit go flying up
In merry counterchange for wreaths that drop
From balconies and casements far above;
And tender damsels with young men and youths
Shall kiss together on the cheeks and mouths;
And every day be glad with joyful love.





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