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at one end, a drive on such a road is an inspiration to the tired worker, 



and 



" The calm shade 

 Shall bring a kindred calm, and the sweet breeze 

 That makes the green leaves dance, shall waft a balm 

 To thy sick heart." 



Whether you .g^o on to the beryl-mine, or the granite quarry in Royal- 

 ston, or visit Doane'sor Forbes' falls, or remain quietly at Lake Deni- 



Ladies' Tresses. 



son to fish and pick lilies, and dig in the pure, white sand, makes 

 little difference, for 



" * * * All that is most beauteous is imaged there 



In happier beauty ; more pellucid streams. 



An ampler ether, a diviner air. 



And fields invested with purpureal gleams." 



The passing of the seasons is reflected in the flowers by the way- 

 side, and as the heart thrills at the sight of the first mayflower in the 

 spring, so it is chilled by the coming of the golden-rod in the early 

 autumn. The colors of the prevailing flowers change, too, as the sea- 

 sons wane, for the delicate white and yellow of the violet and Clintonia 

 borealis pass into the waxy-white and pink of the larger and more 

 ornate laurel: that in turn into the richer pink and purple of fleur-de-lis 



