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away, and a blank is sometimes felt between the last blow 

 of narcissus, jonquils, cowslips, jDolyanthus, anemones, and 

 tlie first blow of our summer flowers. A few days of 

 drought often come on about this time, the white lilies 

 fade suddenly, and lilac, laburnum, and hawthorn shed 

 their withering blossoms on the ground. We can scarcely 

 welcome summer thus accompanied by the passing away of 

 spring, and mourn its departure as much as we welcomed 

 its approach. 



'' Sweet season, appealing 



To fancy and feeling, 

 Be thy advent the emblem of all I would ci-ave ; 



Of light more than vernal, 



That day-spring eternal 

 "Which shall dawn (jn the dark wintry night of the grave " 



