ARBOR DA Y MANUAL. \ g i 



Written for the '"ARBOR DAY MAXL-AL." 



ARBOR DAY. 



[Air : 'Mv MARYLAND."] 



AGAIN we come this day to greet, 

 Arbor Day ! sweet Arbor Day ! 

 With willing hands and nimble feet, 



Arbor Day ! sweet Arbor Day ! 

 No sweeter theme our time can claim, 

 No grander deed points us to fame, 

 No day more proud than this we name 

 Arbor Day ! dear Arbor Day ! 



Bring forth the trees ! Prepare the earth 



For Arbor Day, sweet Arbor Day . 



With song we celebrate the birth 



Of Arbor Day, sweet Arbor Day ! 



And when our joyful task is done, 



And we our meed of praise have won, 



The glorious work's but just begun 



For Arbor Day. dear Arbor Day ! 

 Alton, N. Y. SEYMOUR S. SHORT. 



TO WORDSWORTH. 



POET of nature, thou didst teach to see 

 In earth and sky, meadow and river's glide, 

 On mountain peaks, in ocean's ceaseless tide, 

 Order and truth, a peace and unity, 

 In seeming discord and complexity, 



Of nature's handiwork; did teach to know, 

 That in all life, even in the flowers that blow, 

 There may be seen the shadows of infinity. 



Priest of the beautiful ! thou in thy life 



Of noble thought, of simple wants and cares, 



Of fightings stern in which our days are rife, 

 Didst weave a beauty that the hero wears, 



As on he leads to triumph in the strife 



Or bravely in life's common way he fares. 

 Chataiiquan, 1889. O. F. EMERSON. 



Heart's Ease ! One could look for half a day 



Upon this flower, and shape in fancy out 



Full twenty different tales of love and sorrow, 



That gave this gentle name. MARY HOWITT. 



