ARBOR DA Y MANUAL. 



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THE LODGE. 



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IT was a lodge of ample size, 

 But strange of structure and device ; 

 Of such materials as around 

 The workman's hand had readiest found. 

 Lopped off their boughs, their hoar trunks bared, 

 And by the hatchet rudely squared. 

 To give the walls their destined height, 

 The sturdy oak and ash unite ; 

 While moss and clay and leaves combined 

 To fence each crevice from the wind. 

 The lighter pine trees overhead 

 Their slender length for rafters spread, 

 And withered heath and rushes dry 

 Supplied a russet canopy. 



Due westward, fronting to the green. 



A rural portico was seen, 



Aloft on native pillars borne, 



Of mountain fir with bark unshorn, 



Where Ellen's hand had taught to twine 



The ivy and Idaean vine, 



The clematis, the favored flower 



Which boasts the name of virgin bower, 



And every hardy plant could bear 



Lock Katrine's keen and searching air. 



SCOTT'S Lady of the Lake The Chase. 



A FEW OLD PROVERBS. 



IF the Oak is out before the Ash, 

 Twill be a summer of wet and splash; 

 But if the Ash is out before the Oak, 

 Twill be a summer of fire and smoke.' 



'' When the Hawthorn bloom too early shows, 

 We shall have still many snows." 



" When the Oak puts on his goslings grey 

 Tis time to sow barley night or day." 



"When Elm leaves are big as a shilling, 

 Plant kidney beans if you are willing; 

 When Elm leaves are as big as a penny, 

 You must plant beans if you wish to have any, 



