56 The Canary. 



and spring came, without our seeing another at all 

 suitable as his match, and we began to despair of ever 

 meeting with a bird of the description we wanted, when 

 one morning Judy and I casually called at Mr. M 's to 

 see if anything fresh had come in, and met with the thing 

 we desired. He had just received two well-bred green 

 birds fronTthe country without a foul feather about 

 them. We chose the neatest and most sprightly of the 

 two, and immediately introduced her to her future lord, 

 who took to her at once, and seemed highly pleased 

 with our choice. Though a beautiful little bird, and a 

 great favourite with us all, she has never arrived at the 

 dignity of a name, which she certainly ought to have 

 had, but continues to this day to be known only by the 

 title of " the little green hen." For this, however, she 

 is none the worse, she makes Dandy an excellent little 

 wife, and is as exemplary as she is beautiful. By way 

 of concluding the present subject, let us listen therefore 

 to the excellent advice so charmingly given by Edwin 

 Henry Burrington in a volume entitled ' Revelations of 

 the Beautiful ' 



" Walk with the Beautiful and with the Grand, 



Let nothing on the earth thy feet deter ; 

 Sorrow may lead thee weeping by the hand, 

 But give not all the bosom-thoughts to her ; 

 Walk with the Beautiful. 



I hear thee say, The Beautiful ' ! what is it ? 



O, thou art darkly ignorant ! Be sure 

 'Tis no long weary road its form to visit, 



For thou canst make it smile beside thy door ; 

 Then love the Beautiful 1 



