ARBOR DA Y MANUAL. 265 



A MAY MORNING LESSON. 



RECITATION FOR FIVE PUPILS. 



FIRST. FOURTH. Twice four are eight: 



r \ ^WICE one are two : Gorgeous butterflies, elate, 



J. Prairie rose, blushing through Dancing, poising, delicate. 



My window all aglow with dew, Twice four are eight. 



Twice one are two. 



FIFTH. Twice five are ten : 



SECOND. Twice two are four : Sweetest strains from yonder glen, 



Bees a-humming round the door, Echoed o'er and o'er again. 



Calling others by the score, Twice five are ten. 



Twice two are four. 



ALL. Twice six are twelve : 



THIRD. Twice three are six : Merry maidens of the year, 



Pansy-beds their colors mix ; Some in snowy gowns appear, 



See the mother hen and chicks. Some in gold and silver sheen ; 



Twice three are six. Vet the fairest is, I ween, 



Macaulays Little Folks. Dainty May in pink and green. 



GOLDEN-ROD. 



IX the pasture's rude embrace, Nature lies disheveled, pale, 

 All o'er run with tangled vines, With her feverish lips apart, 



Where the thistle claims its place, Day by day the pulses fail, 



And the straggling hedge confines, Nearer to her bounded heart : 



Bearing still the sweet impress Yet that slackened grasp doth hold 



Of unfettered loveliness, Store of pure and genuine gold ; 



In the field and by the wall, Quick thou comest, strong and free, 



Binding, clasping, crowning all, Type of all the wealth to be, 

 Golden-rod ! Golden-rod ! 



ELAINE GOODALE. 



BIRD SONGS. 



THIS is what the robin sings : Hear the blue bird where he swings : 



" Sweet, sweet, " Oh, my home is green and fair, 



All the cherries on the tree And the gentle summer air 



God put there for you and me ; Rocks my little ones to rest, 



Everj- good and tender seed. In their soft and downy nest ; 



Grown on flower, or grown on weed, Joyously I sing and call. 



God made for our wee ones dear, For the good God watches all ! " 

 So we sing the whole glad year. 



Sweet, sweet." KATHIE MOORE. 



