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to decline, what a liappy tlioiiglit it was to know 

 tliat the Avcaiy head could ever find on the breast 

 of beauteous and bountiful Nature a sweet and 

 indulgent resting-place, on which to escape the 

 pangs which the loss of other enjoyments seemed 

 to inflict. 



Let the inquiring glance of man turn which way 

 it will, there is a lesson of love, a song of liap})i- 

 ness, a something that is sweet and to be admired, 

 in every nook and corner, meadow, bank, or bush. 

 There, in yonder fresh, green bank^ nestles the 

 modest primrose, as if she wooed a protecting 

 breast to shield her loveliness and to save her from 

 the luscious bee ; thickly spread on the mead 

 beyond, her sister flower, the lowly but scented 

 cowslip, in thousands, decks the grass, while the 

 gold and green marshmallow, — or '"mashmallow," 

 as it is more commonly called, — adds lustre to 

 Nature's carpet, but honeyless tries in vahi to 

 attract a passing wing. 



To vary the lesson Nature yields from above, 

 let us now give freedom to the cormorants, to issue 

 from their Avooden houses, and to disport them* 

 selves in that portion of the clear and swiftly- 

 o'lidino; trout stream allotted to their food and 



