16 NATURE STUDY MADE EASY 



I am coming, little maiden, 

 With the pleasant sunshine laden, 

 With the honey for the bee, 

 With the blossom for the tree, 

 With the flower and with the leaf. 

 Till I come the time is brief. 



I am coming, I am coming, 

 Hark ! the little bee is humming; 

 See, the lark is soaring high 

 In the bright and sunny sky; 

 And the gnats are on the wing. 

 Little maiden, now is spring. 



See the yellow catkins cover 

 All the slender willows over; 

 And on mossy banks so green 

 Starlike primroses are seen ; 

 And, their clustering leaves below, 

 White and purple violets grow. 



Hark ! the little lambs are bleating, 

 And the cawing rooks are meeting 

 In the elms, a noisy crowd ; 

 And all birds are singing loud; 

 And the first white butterfly 

 In the sun goes flitting by. 



Little maiden, look around thee ! 

 Green and flowery fields surround thee; 

 Every little stream is bright; 

 All the orchard trees are white; 

 And each small and waving shoot 

 Has for thee sweet flower or fruit. 



