4 MORNING AIR. 
“ Victorious Life, 
In Light and Song reveals itself once more! 
Then, God arouses ye again from sleep, 
Sending sweet May to whisper in your ears, 
That Spring is blooming in the vaulted heaven, 
And that ’tis time for you yourselves to bloom ! 
Ye then put off your verdant veil, and feel 
The Spring-breeze spreading life upon your cheeks, 
Which vie with roses planted by the Morn 
Along the garden of the East!” 
‘‘ Thank you, my dear Charlotte,” said 
Mrs. Aston, ‘‘ for those very pretty lines :” 
and Jane, at the same moment, ran to her 
sister, to testify her pleasure by a kiss. 
‘* Well,” continued their Mamma, “ if you 
do but carry your good notions into practice, 
you will be so much the happier, so much the 
better off, in every possible respect. Could 
we but truly understand and value the vir- 
tues of the morning air, accompanied, too, as 
in the fields and gardens it always is, with so 
many sights and sounds to delight the eye 
and ear, and elevate the spirits, we should 
certainly resist all the temptations that so 
commonly lead to its neglect. Putting health 
and strength entirely out of the question, the 
mere consideration of good looks should 
