. St. Nicholas [serial]. When a turtle is swimming it puts itshead above water every few minutes, and ata distance, unless you see it moving, it looksexactly like a water-lily Ill ADINi; FOR APR THE ST. NICHOLAS LEAGUE. SHOWERS AND SUNSHINE. BY MABEL (CASH PRIZE.) A SHOWER of rain is dashing now Against the window-pane,The wind is moaning oer the roofs, And spring has come maple-buds are scarcely swelled, Yet soon will burst in flowersAs down upon the grasses green Come bonny April showers. ?iiitc And where the violet and the Anemone should bloomThe snowy drifts are melting fas
. St. Nicholas [serial]. When a turtle is swimming it puts itshead above water every few minutes, and ata distance, unless you see it moving, it looksexactly like a water-lily Ill ADINi; FOR APR THE ST. NICHOLAS LEAGUE. SHOWERS AND SUNSHINE. BY MABEL (CASH PRIZE.) A SHOWER of rain is dashing now Against the window-pane,The wind is moaning oer the roofs, And spring has come maple-buds are scarcely swelled, Yet soon will burst in flowersAs down upon the grasses green Come bonny April showers. ?iiitc And where the violet and the Anemone should bloomThe snowy drifts are melting fast; T is surely winters doom!And in the sloping dells the brooks Are babbling as they run,And on their banks theflowers will tur Their faces to the sun. For sunny April at the most Has but to smile or weep,And nature, at her magic touch, Awakens from her April with her warmth and life Revives the sleeping spring,And round the forest oak the vines Of creeping ivy cling. The League editor is afraid that bonny April who spent a great deal of thought and care over theirill bring disappointment to those talented members drawings and poems and stories, and then forgot to
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