CONTENTS 



Come! Thou Song Sparrow, . . . . . . . 13 



A Sabbath in the Open, . . 21 



The Life of Earth, 27 



The Sugar Snow, 28 



The Hyla s Voice is Heard in the Land, .... 30 



In the Soul s Native Air, . 35 



Easter Hope, 37 



A Far Easter in the Future, . . . . . *&quot; .., 45 



&quot; Where Nature Reigns,&quot; 49 



The Culminating Easter, 55 



April at Work, ... . . . . . . 59 



The Chain, -65 



Opening April, 66 



Hepatica, 7 



These Summer Visitations, 76 



May Song, . . . . . . . 80 



The Marvelous Beauty of the Spring, . . . . 81 



In Mid-May, 88 



11 Ah Still Delay ! Thou Art so Fair 1 &quot; . . . : . 93 



Fragrance and Melody, 97 



An Over-Ardent June, ... IO2 

 Birds, Insects, Man and Woman, . . . .107 



Nature s Independence Day, 11 7 



Looking Unto the Hills, I2 



The Birds in the Thickets, I2 4 



July Days, I2 7 



The Electric Storm, I 3 



A Seasonable Divagation, *33 



The Height of Summer, J 39 



In the Dog-Days : 1898, J 44 



&quot;The Fountain Light of All Our Day,&quot; . . . . I5 1 



The Symphony of the Storm, 154 



After the Summer J 5 8 



