A BIRD-LOVER’S APRIL. 
—e— 
There shall be 
Beautiful things made new, for the surprise 
Of the sky-children. 
KEats. 
Everywhere the blue sky belongs to them, and is their ap- 
pointed rest, and their native country and their own natural homes, 
which they enter unannounced, as lords that are certainly ex- 
pected, and yet there is a silent joy at their arrival. 
COLERIDGE. 
