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"The May-Pole of Merry Mount", as it was first published in 1836 "The May-Pole of Merry Mount" is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne. [1] It first appeared in The Token and Atlantic Souvenir in 1836. It was later included in Twice-Told Tales, a collection of Hawthorne's short stories, in 1837. [2]
Merry Mount is an opera in three acts by American composer Howard Hanson; its libretto, by Richard Stokes, is loosely based on Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story "The May-Pole of Merry Mount", taken from his Twice Told Tales. Hanson's only opera, it was commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.
The colony, established in 1625, was officially named Mount Wollaston by the Puritan separatists, but as Morton and other non-Puritans gained influence in the area, the name Merry Mount gained common use. In 1627, Morton and others erected a maypole and conducted a May Day Revel, inviting both colonists and natives.
The Merrymount Colony, originally Mount Wollaston, was a short-lived English colony in New England founded by Richard Wollaston on the present site of Quincy, Massachusetts. After Wollaston died on a trip to Virginia , Thomas Morton led a rebellion, taking over the colony with the promise to share the profits equally.
Maypole dancing is a much-loved tradition of the May Day holiday. Basically, you get dressed up in colorful clothing and dance around a tall pole decorated with flowers and ribbons (you hold onto ...
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The original version, written by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane, started with: “Have yourself a merry little Christmas; it may be your last. Next year, we may all be living in the past.”
Thomas Morton (c. 1579–1647) was an early colonist in North America from Devon, England.He was a lawyer, writer, and social reformer known for studying American Indian culture, and he founded the colony of Merrymount, located in Quincy, Massachusetts.