. The bird. Birds. 210 HARMONIES OF THE TEMPERATE ZONE. clioly and joyaimce, we owe the tempered, the powerful personality of our West. Rain wearies us to-day ; fine weather will come witli tlie morrow. The splendours of the East, the marvels of the Tropics, taken together, are not worth the first violet of Easter, the first song of April, the blossom of the hawthorn, the glee of the young girl who resumes her robes of white. In the morning a potent voice, of singular freshness and clearness, of keen metallic thnbre, the voice of the mavis, rises aloft, and there is no heart so sick or so sour
. The bird. Birds. 210 HARMONIES OF THE TEMPERATE ZONE. clioly and joyaimce, we owe the tempered, the powerful personality of our West. Rain wearies us to-day ; fine weather will come witli tlie morrow. The splendours of the East, the marvels of the Tropics, taken together, are not worth the first violet of Easter, the first song of April, the blossom of the hawthorn, the glee of the young girl who resumes her robes of white. In the morning a potent voice, of singular freshness and clearness, of keen metallic thnbre, the voice of the mavis, rises aloft, and there is no heart so sick or so sour as to hear it without a smile. One spring, on my way to Lyons, among the intertangled vines which the peasants laboured to raise up again, I heard a poor, old, miserable, and blind woman singing, with an accent of extraordinary gaiety, this ancient village lay : " Nous quittons nos grands habits, Pour en prendre de plus ;. 5«A. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Michelet, Jules, 1798-1874; Giacomelli, Hector, 1822-1904. London ; New York : T. Nelson
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