The Maple puts her corals on in May, While loitering frosts about the lowlands cling, To be in tune with what the robins sing. James Russell Lowell
O brief, bright smile of summer! O days divine and dear The voices of winter's sorrow Already we can hear. And we know that the frosts will find us, And the smiling skies grow rude, While we look in the face of Beauty, And worship her every mood. Celia Thaxter
And takes forth a Caucasian herb, of potency sure beyond all others, sprung of the gore that dropped from the liver of Prometheus, and grass wind-nurtured, fostered and strengthened by that blood divine among snows and grisly frosts. Gaius Valerius Flaccus
So many mists in March, so many frosts in May. French Proverb
So many mists in March, so many frosts in May. German Proverb
A longer growing season due to the lake-moderated temperatures make the risk of early frosts less likely. citation The drainage basin has led to well fertilized soil. Source: Internet