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them, that a coating of Indian ruliber lay 

 between their two surfaces. 



APRIL. 



" The smooth sweet air is blomng round, 

 It is a spirit of hope to all: 

 It whispers o'er the dewy ground, 

 And countless daisies hear the call. 



" It mounts and sings away to heaven, 

 And 'mid each light and lovely floiid; 

 To it, the lark's loud jnys are given, 

 And young leaves answer il aloud. 



' It skims above the flat green meadow, 



And darkening sweeps the shining stream; 

 Along the hill it lirives the shadow. 

 And sports and warms in the skyey beam." 



Sterlino. 



The " showers that water the earth," alter- 

 nating with the sunshine and soft airs, render 

 this a month of spring flowers. Primroses, 

 anemonies, and violets are spread like a gay 

 variegated carpet over the woods, and the scent- 

 less dog violet, (Viola canina,) with larger blos- 

 soms than the darker tinted sweet violet, blooms 

 in great profusion. Its flowers do not, hke 

 those of our old emblem of modesty, hide among 

 the leaves, but flaunt gaily on their longer stalks 

 before the breeze. 



And now God "quieteth the earth by the 

 south wind," * and all nature looks calmly 

 beautiful. The swallow knowetVi the time of 

 his coming, and the voice of the dove is heard 

 in the wood. The hedges are white with the 



•Job xxxvii. 17. 



