. The Family tutor . ng all these years hewas employed also in watching over hisfavourite institution at Oxford (it was notuntil 1480 that the first President, D. , was appointed), and in establish-ing a Grammar School at Waynflete, theplace of his birth. In the same yearas his usurpation of the crown, RichardIII. came to Oxford, and visited Magda-len College, the founder being the prevalence of the plague in1483, he provided a place for the retire-ment of the scholars as a security fromthe pestilence. His life was prolonged tillhe saw the College .^produce good andemine
. The Family tutor . ng all these years hewas employed also in watching over hisfavourite institution at Oxford (it was notuntil 1480 that the first President, D. , was appointed), and in establish-ing a Grammar School at Waynflete, theplace of his birth. In the same yearas his usurpation of the crown, RichardIII. came to Oxford, and visited Magda-len College, the founder being the prevalence of the plague in1483, he provided a place for the retire-ment of the scholars as a security fromthe pestilence. His life was prolonged tillhe saw the College .^produce good andeminent scholars, and till he saw the res-toration of the Lancastrian branch of theroyal family, in the person of HenryVII., but not to witness the unionbetween that king and Elizabeth of prepared for his departure out of thislife with the calmness which became aChristian, and expired at his house atSouthampton, after a long delay, on the11th of August, 1486. His deeds require no comment. THE MONTHS—MAY 265 iiV^. May, sweet May ! agaiu is come, May that frees the land from gloom; Children, children, up, and see All her stores of jollity ! On the laughing hedgerows side She hath spread her treasures wide ; She is in the greenwood shade, Where the uiglitingale hath made Every branch and every tree Ring with her sweet melody : Hill and dale are Mays own treasures; Youths rejoice ! In sportive measures, Sing ye, join the chorus gay,Hail this merry, merry May!T. RoscoE. Tis morning, a bright and joyous one, and floods of golden light are p(?netratingthe woodland dells, where fragrantflowers are bathed in dew,—-sweet Maydew ! The banks of the gently murmur-ing stream that winds throngli theseflowery meads, afford us a pleasant seatfrom whence to survey the beauteousscene around. The bright green fieldsand meadows spangled with cowslips anddaisies, contrast with the lights and sha-dows on the streamlets bosom, and thesnowy hedges of white-thorn, or May, whichdivide us from the
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