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Language Through Nature 



From a painting- by E. L. Alkan-Levy 



1 Whether we look^ or whether ive listen. 

 We hear life murmur, or see it glisten." 



And if the breeze 



kept the good 



news back, 

 For other couriers 



we should not 



lack ; 

 We could guess it 



all by yon heifer's 



lowing, 

 And hark! how 



clear bold chanti- 

 cleer, 

 Warmed with the 



new wine of the 



year, 



Tells all in his lusty 

 crowing ! 



Joy conies, grief 

 goes, we know not 

 how; 



Everything is happy 

 now, 



Everything is upward striving; 

 'Tis as easy now for the heart to be true 

 As for grass to be green or skies to be blue, 



'Tis the natural way of living. 



From " The Vision of Sir Launfal" by James Russell Lowell. 



