. Birds and nature . ud and changing skies; I hear the rushing of the blast, That through the snowy valley flies. Ah, passing few are they who speak, Wild, stormy month, in praise of thee;Yet, though thy winds are loud and bleak, Thou art welcome month to me. For thou, to Northern lands again. The glad and glorious sun dost bring,And thou hast joined the gentle train And wearst the gentle name of Spring. And, in thy reign of blast and storm, Smiles many a long, bright sunny day,When the changed winds are soft and warm. And heaven puts on the blue of May. Then sing aloud the gushing rills And t
. Birds and nature . ud and changing skies; I hear the rushing of the blast, That through the snowy valley flies. Ah, passing few are they who speak, Wild, stormy month, in praise of thee;Yet, though thy winds are loud and bleak, Thou art welcome month to me. For thou, to Northern lands again. The glad and glorious sun dost bring,And thou hast joined the gentle train And wearst the gentle name of Spring. And, in thy reign of blast and storm, Smiles many a long, bright sunny day,When the changed winds are soft and warm. And heaven puts on the blue of May. Then sing aloud the gushing rills And the full springs, from frosts set free, That, brightly leaping down the just sent out to meet the sea. The years departing beauty hides Of wintry storms the sullen threat;But in thy sternest frown abides A look of kindly promise yet. Thou bringst the hope of those calm skies. And that soft time of many the wide bloom, on earth that lies, Seems of a brighter world than ours. —Royal Arcanum. 128. THE DOMESTIC SHEEP. {Ovis aries.) It was a little strip of fur whichadorned a ladys cloak. It was soft andwarm and black and curly. The ladycalled it astrakhan, but the sheep, whoselamb met an early death that its pleasingfine coat might become the covering ofsomeone in far away America, still liveson the steppes of the Far East. Hermaster and herder belong to one of thewandering tribes which roam about Cen-tral Asia. Had the lamb lived to ma-turity its beautiful fine coat would havechanged to coarse hair, very unlike thewool of the sheep we find in would have grown to a large size; itwould have had short horns, a veryshort, flat tail, with great bunches of faton the haunches at either side. There would have been among its com-panions some sheep entirely white; oth-ers white with black heads; but in itsimmediate family all would have beenblack throughout. Imagine the little lamb taking thejourney across the Eastern continent!Should we follow it in its j
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