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the tender leaves and discloses buds innumerable, 
then it awakens also here the earliest hopes of the rosy 
youth, or renews the smiles and faith of depressed 
spirits. And while all nature around rejoices in hope- 
fulness, the swift arrows of Eros are sent also uner- 
ringly from yonder close green of dense retreats, 
whether created for stern science or idyllic enchant- 
ment only. Those who listen in affection from fra- 
grant bowers to the warblers of the air will not dis- 
cern whether yonder groves were intended to serve 
mere scientific grouping or purposely formed to arouse 
some of the sublimest of sentiments. The soul, sunk 
in mournful sadness, will also find yet some consola- 
tion in a garden of knowledge, and will feel how the 
power of a Divine Providence pervades every leaf and 
flower ; or the mind susceptible to the religious teach- 
ing of nature will there also recognize how the appa- 
rently lifeless root or grain sprouts under the Spring 
rays again with hopeful vitality from the cold darkness 
beneath—a symbol of an imperishable existence and 
of an eternity beyond this world. 
‘«« When Spring’s fair children pass away, 
When in the north wind’s icy air 
The leaves and flowers alike decay, 
And leave the rivelled branches bare ; 
Then from Vertumnus’ lavish horn 
I take life’s seed to strew below, 
And bid the gold, that germs the corn, 
An offering to the Styx to go. 
Bat when the hours in measurel dance 
The happy smile of Spring restore, 
Rife in the sunny golden glance 
The buried dead revive once more.” 
BULWER LYTTON, FROM SCHILLER. 
