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Classical antiquity2 quotes
The snows have fled, now grass returns to the fields and leaves to the trees. — Horace · 11 BCThe season of ships is here,
The west wind and the swallows;
Flowers in the fields appear,
And the ocean of hills and hollows
Has calmed its waves and is clear.
Free that anchor and chain!
Set your full canvas flying,
O men in the harbor lane:
It is I, Pirapus crying.
Sail out on your trades again! — Leonidas of Tarentum · 200 BCThe Renaissance2 quotes
O, how this spring of love resembleth
The uncertain glory of an April day. — William Shakespeare · 1616Beware the ides of March. — William Shakespeare · 1599Middle Ages1 quote
The month of May was come, when every lusty heart beginneth to blossom, and to bring forth fruit. — Sir Thomas Mallory · 1485