Hungerford Arcade “Mays Poem”

Hungerford Arcade “Mays Poem”: This short poem was found in a late Victorian copy of Evelina by Frances Burney which was purchased at the Hungerford Arcade on the 18th of August 2018   May’s Poem   To Mistress Punctuality I offer most shamefacedly A present which will come so late I dare not write the intended date Nor will I …