...room to describe the lark, if the lark had been about. Bryant comes nearer the mark this time : — " There are notes of joy from the hang-bird and wren, And the gossip of swallows through all the sky ; " so does Tennyson when he makes his swallow " Cheep and twitter twenty million loves ; " also Lowell...

...and sad, When our mother Nature laughs around ; There are notes of joy from the hang-bird and wren, 5 And the gossip of swallows through all the sky ; The...And their shadows at play on the bright green vale, 10 And here they stretch to the frolic chase, And there they roll on the easy gale. There's a dance...

...around, When even the deep-blue heavens look glad, And gladness breathes from the blossoming ground ? There are notes of joy from the hang-bird and wren,...chirps by his den, And the wilding bee hums merrily by. And look at the broad-faced sun, how he smiles On the dewy earth, that smiles in his ray, On the leaping...

...around ; When even the deep blue heavens look glad, And gladness breathes from the blossoming ground ? There are notes of joy from the hang-bird and wren,...swallows through all the sky ; The ground-squirrel gaily chirps by his den, And the wilding bee hums merrily by. The clouds are at play in the azure space,...

...room to describe the lark, if the lark had been about. Bryant comes nearer the mark this time : — "There are notes of joy from the hang-bird and wren, And the gossip of swallows through all the sky ; " so does Tennyson when he makes his swallow " Cheep and twitter twenty million loves ; " also Lowell...

...around ; When even the deep blue heavens look glad, And gladness breathes from the blossoming ground? There are notes of joy from the hangbird and wren,...And the gossip of swallows through all the sky; The ground squirrel gaily chirps by his den, And the wilding bee hums merrily by. The clouds are at play...

...around ; When even the deep blue heavens look glad, And gladness breathes from the blossoming ground ? There are notes of joy from the hangbird and wren,...And the gossip of swallows through all the sky; The ground squirrel gayly chirps by his den, And the wilding bee hums merrily by. The clouds are at play...

...around, When even the deep blue heavens look glad, And gladness breathes from the blossoming ground ? There are notes of joy from the hang-bird and wren,...And their shadows at play on the bright green vale, There's a dance of leaves in that aspen bower, There's a titter of winds in that beechen tree, There's...

...around; When even the deep blue heavens look glad, And gladness breathes from the blossoming ground? There are notes of joy from the hangbird and wren,...And the gossip of swallows through all the sky; The ground squirrel gayly chirps by his den, And the wilding bee hums merrily by. The clouds are at play...

...of Earth ! Sorrows and hopes of Earth ! BAYARD TAYLOR. IV BIRD-NOTES AND CRICKETS' CHIRP _,/_./- i- •+There are notes of joy from the hang-bird and...swallows through all the sky ; The ground-squirrel gaily chirpst by his den, And the wilding bee hums merrily by. WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT: "The Gladness...