' Man goeth forth to toil.' * The PLOUGH 

 Smooth through the upturned fallow glides ; 

 As the keel-like share divides 

 The surface, 'mid the furrow dun 

 Shows its bright polish to the sun. 



The PLOUGHMAN o'er the yielding land, 

 With eye intent, and steady hand, 

 Defines the intended path ; and cheers 

 And guides his steeds or patient steers 

 With voice across the indented plain, 

 And shaking of the slackened rein." 



BISHOP MANT'S British Months. 



THERE is not a more important duty belonging to the 

 cultivation of the soil than PLOUGHING ; and there is 

 not a more ancient or more interesting implement than 

 the PLOUGH. A very pleasant thing it is in early spring 

 to walk abroad into the fields where the fresh-turned 



Psalm civ. 23. 

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