. Birds and nature . o him their tribute bring,Which he, with su h benignant royalty Accepts, as overpayeth what is lent;All nature seems his vassal proud to be. And cunning only for his ornament. So, from oft converse with lifes wintry gales, Should man learn how to clasp with tougher rootsThe inspiring earth—how otherwise avails The leaf-creating sap that suilward shoots?So every year that falls with noiseless flake. Should fill old scars up on the stormward make hoar age revered for ages sake. Not for traditions of earths leafy pride. —Lozvell. Had I wist, quoth Spring to the swall
. Birds and nature . o him their tribute bring,Which he, with su h benignant royalty Accepts, as overpayeth what is lent;All nature seems his vassal proud to be. And cunning only for his ornament. So, from oft converse with lifes wintry gales, Should man learn how to clasp with tougher rootsThe inspiring earth—how otherwise avails The leaf-creating sap that suilward shoots?So every year that falls with noiseless flake. Should fill old scars up on the stormward make hoar age revered for ages sake. Not for traditions of earths leafy pride. —Lozvell. Had I wist, quoth Spring to the swallow That earth could forget me, k ssedB) summer, and lured to followDown ways that I know not, I,My heart should have waxed n )t high,Mid-March would have seen me I wist. Had I wist, O Spring, said the swallow, That hope was a sunlit mist,And the faint, light heart of it woods had not heard me sing;Thy winds had not known m_v wing;It had faltered ere thine did. Spring,Had I wist. — SKIN. W. E. WATT. One said he wondered that lether was not dearer than any other thing-. Beingdemanded a reason: because, saith he, it is more stood upon than any other thing- in theworld.—Hazlitt. What! is the jay more precious than the lark,Because his feathers are more beautiful? Or is the adder better than the eel, Because his painted skin contents the eye? -Shakespeare. ft GILDED live pig is a sightrarely seen. The rarity ofputting gold leaf all over aliving animal of any kindcomes from the fact that the animaldies so soon after the operation. Ithas been tried several times and alwayswith the same result. The idea arose from an experimentunfortunately performed upon a childon the accession of Leo X. to the papalchair. The child was gilded all overto represent the Golden Age. Thepeople of Florence were delighted withthe idea, but the death of the childtook place so quickly that somethought the brief duration -of theGolden Age was miraculously repre-sented as
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