ARBOR DA Y MANUAL. 23 



A SONG TO MOTHER EARTH. 



IN the merry month of May 

 Comes our gladsome Arbor Day, 

 And with cheerful voice we raise 

 Hearty notes of grateful praise. 



To our loving mother earth, 

 To her kindness and her worth, 

 She who makes the world so gay, 

 On this happy Arbor Day. 



She it is who makes the field 

 Plant and flower and fragrance yield, 

 And the graceful leafy tree, 

 Planted now along the lea. 



Beautiful the meadow bright, 

 In the sunbeam's golden light 

 Buttercup and daisy fair 

 Mother earth has scattered there. 



Clover, too, and lily white 

 Blossom in the morning light, 

 All are tended by her hand, 

 As they deck the pleasant land. 



See the waving blades of grass 

 As along our way we pass ! 

 Mother earth has planted these 

 And the flowers, our sight to please. 



Mother earth, thy name we sing, 

 While our cheery voices ring ! 

 Loud our shouts of joy we raise 

 As we chant thy worthy praise ! 



God has given mother earth 

 Children fair, of wondrous birth 

 His great goodness we adore, 

 We will bless Him evermore ! 

 Troy, N. Y., 1889. JAMES H. KELLOGG. 



