The New England farmer . DECEMBER BEFLaCTIONS. Whil3 thus revolving Beasone roll,Ob8equi(.u8 to Goda -wise coatrol, Obedient to his pi m;With silent eloquence they preach,Ihi most importmt lessona teach. To every ihinking man,—Blake. ECEMBER, in thegrand round ofthe Seasons, hascome at last toclose the Monthsthat mark therolling year.—Though sunshineand clouds seem^% striving for themastery, andchange is writtenupon the face ofevery thing, yet,when Natures operationsare understood, we canwelcome her as cheer-fully as we lid May or June. In the shlrp wmds and keenfrosts, the gloomy skies and le
The New England farmer . DECEMBER BEFLaCTIONS. Whil3 thus revolving Beasone roll,Ob8equi(.u8 to Goda -wise coatrol, Obedient to his pi m;With silent eloquence they preach,Ihi most importmt lessona teach. To every ihinking man,—Blake. ECEMBER, in thegrand round ofthe Seasons, hascome at last toclose the Monthsthat mark therolling year.—Though sunshineand clouds seem^% striving for themastery, andchange is writtenupon the face ofevery thing, yet,when Natures operationsare understood, we canwelcome her as cheer-fully as we lid May or June. In the shlrp wmds and keenfrosts, the gloomy skies and leaf-less trees of December, we still find evidencesabundant of activity and benevolence in thegreat controlling Power. Peep into the axilsof a branch, and behold the dormant life there ;or into the seeds floating about in the garden,on wings of down, seeking a place of rest,only to burst into active life again when the. genial suns and rains of Spring act upon them ! The flower-garden, perhaps, never gave apicture of greater pleasantness than now, ifit has been managed with skill and wills that we shall enjoy her beautiesduring a certain period of the year, whetherwe use any tffjrts towards obtaining them ornot; yet she lays it down as a general princi-ple, in regard to her gifts, that to seek themis at once to deserve, to have, and to enjoythem; and that without such seeking, weshall only have just enough to make us sighafcer more. Accordingly her sun shines withequal warmth upon the gardens of the justand the unjust, and her rains fertilize thefields of all classes alike. In short, as it iswith all the loveliest of her works, Woman,her favors are to be obtained by assiduousseeking alone ; her love is the reward, not ofriches, nor beauty, nor power, nor even ofvirtue, but of love alone. No man ever gavea woman bis entire love, and sought hers inreturn, that he did not, to a certain exten
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