i L Z VERSES ON SPRING. 



Occiput and thorax cinereous. Abdomen black, greyish towards 

 the base. Poisers whitish. Wings obscure, with a dusky costal 

 spot at the base. (Length, 1^ line; wings, 2|.) 



Has occurred but twice at Holywood. 



A. H. H. 



Art. XVII. — Verses on Spring. By H. S. B. 



Medio tie fonte leporum 



[Surgit amari aliquiil quod in ipsis floribus angat. 



I. 



In rainbow garb of smile and shower 

 Sweet Spring returns,— desired Spring: 

 Caressingly o'er brake and bower 

 Waves the soft West his airy w r ing. 

 In higher arch Day's orient car 

 Refulgent climbs the southern height ; 

 And later gleams the Evening star, 

 Paled in a flood of pearly light. 



II. 



Wreath after wreath — how radiant Dawn 

 The curling mists with glory fringes ! 

 And slanting onwards, wood and lawn 

 In hues almost celestial tinges. 

 See, springing from the spangled clod, 

 The early lark mount skyward, till 

 She, pouring all her soul abroad, 

 Is heard aloft, — invisible. 



III. 



With frequent plash and gurgle soft, 

 All voice and sparkle, hurries by 

 The elfin-rill, yet lingers oft 

 Where pools in browner shadow lie, 

 And lurking dim, the speckled trout 

 Insidious marks with upward gaze 

 The glancing swarms, that all about 

 Rise and revolve in lucid maze. 



