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. St. Nicholas [serial]. ld across the skies of gray. The sea is raging angrily, the waves are beating high,The sea-birds utter shrill, sad cries beneath the dull, cold sky ;But now the wind is calming, and see yon streak of lightGlow in the heavens that were so dark and now are growing bright. A flush of crimson, gold, and blue illumes the eastern sky,The glorious sun glows in the west, and clouds go sailing by;And toward the heavens the violet uplifts its purple head:The sunshine s all the sweeter for the showers that are sped. ALMOST A COWARD. BY MARY UXDERHILL (AGE II). {Silver Badge.) <
. St. Nicholas [serial]. ld across the skies of gray. The sea is raging angrily, the waves are beating high,The sea-birds utter shrill, sad cries beneath the dull, cold sky ;But now the wind is calming, and see yon streak of lightGlow in the heavens that were so dark and now are growing bright. A flush of crimson, gold, and blue illumes the eastern sky,The glorious sun glows in the west, and clouds go sailing by;And toward the heavens the violet uplifts its purple head:The sunshine s all the sweeter for the showers that are sped. ALMOST A COWARD. BY MARY UXDERHILL (AGE II). {Silver Badge.) <• perfec May was twelve years old, and hadtaken St. Nicholas as long as she could since the League was started she had tried to win aprize, but had failed. At the time I am writing about she was sitting on thesofa biting her pencil and trying to think of somethingsuitable for A Heading for April. Well, shesaid slowly, I think I 11 make something to go withthe old rhyme of April showers bring
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