70 ARBOR DA Y MANUAL. 



QUOTATIONS. 



FOR A CLASS EXERCISE. 

 FIRST PUPIL: 



IF ever I see 

 On bush or tree 



Young birds in their pretty nest, 

 I must not in play 

 Steal the birds away, 

 To grieve their mother's breast. 



SECOND PUPIL: 



Apples in the orchard, 

 Mellowing one by one, 

 Strawberries upturning 

 Soft cheeks to the sun ; 

 Roses faint with sweetness, 

 Lilies fair of face, 

 Drowsy scents and murmurs, 

 Haunting every place ; 

 Beams of golden sunshine, 

 Moonlight bright as day, 

 Don't you think the summer's 

 Pleasanter than May ? 



THIRD PUPIL: 



The ground was all covered with snow one day; 

 . And two little sisters were busy at play, 

 When a snow bird was sitting close by on a tree, 

 And merrily singing his chick-a-de-dee. 



FOURTH PUPIL: 



Buttercups and daisies, 



Oh, the pretty flowers ! 

 Coming, ere the spring time, 



To tell of sunny hours. 

 While the trees are leafless, 



While the fields are bare, 

 Buttercups and daisies 



Spring up everywhere. 



FIFTH PUPIL : 



How pleasant the life of a bird must be, 

 Flitting about in each leafy tree ! 

 In the leafy tree so broad and tall, 

 Like a green and beautiful palace hall. 



