May-Day is a classic collection of American nature poetry by Ralph Waldo Emerson that includes the following titles: May-day -- The Adirondacs -- Occasional and miscellaneous pieces: Brahma. Nemesis. Fate. Freedom. Ode sung in the Town hall, Concord, July 4, 1857. Boston hymn. Voluntaries. Love and thought. I greet with joy the choral trains Fresh from palms and Cuba’s canes.Best gems of Nature’s cabinet, With dews of tropic morning wet, Beloved of children, bards, and Spring, O birds, your perfect virtues bring, Your song, your forms, your rhythmic flight, Your manners for the heart’s delight, Nestle in hed.