Almanac Des Bergers -1591

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Pocula Janus amat—et Febrius, algeo clamat;—
  Martius arva colit—Aprilis florida prodit—
  Ros et flos nemorum Maio sunt fames amorum—
  Dat Junius foena—Julio resecatur avena—
  Augustus spicas—September colligit uvas—
  Seminat October—spoliat virgulta November—
  Quærit habere cibum porcum mactando December.

TRANSLATION.
  January drinketh deep—quoth Feb'rary, "I'm cold"—
  March guideth ploughshare—April doth his struggling buds unfold—
  May sprinkleth flower and leaf with dew, and maketh lover bold.
  June sporteth 'mid his haymeads sweet—Oats fall in July-weather—
  August the ripened sheaves doth set—September grapes doth gather—
  October soweth future store—November strippeth twig—
  December—he rejoiceth him to kill his Christmas-pig.

© John Kenyon