72 STUDIES OF NATURE 



CHAPTEK VIII 



* A merry heart is a continual feast.' 



Then take we life and all things in good part : 

 To fast grows festive while we keep at least 



A merry heart. 



Well pleased with nature and well pleased with art ; 

 A merry heart makes cheer for man and beast, 



And fancies music in a creaking cart. 

 Some day, a restful heart whose toils have ceased, 

 A heavenly heart gone home from earthly mart : 

 To-day, blow wind from west or wind from east, 

 A merry heart. 



CHRISTINA G. EOSSETTI, 

 Songs for Strangers and Pilgrims. 



Thursday, August 14. 



' ALL things by turns and nothing long ' 

 might be taken for the motto of our weather in 

 Arran just now. Nor would we have it other- 

 wise. Life, movement, variety that is all we 

 ask. It is monotony that kills. Yesterday, for 



