INTRODUCTION. XI 



the rest, that the mind overflows with gladness, 

 delight, and gratitude, and we involuntarily exclaim 



O ! thou merry month complete, 

 May, thy very name is sweet ! 



The beauty of every season in turn is enhanced, 

 in like manner, by the airy songsters. When 



To mute and to material things 

 New life revolving Summer brings, 



'tis pleasant to visit " the winding vales and woody 

 dells," where no sound less soothing than the cooing 

 of the Ring Pigeon or the rich warble of the Yel- 

 low Bill falls on the ear of the weary wanderer, 

 reposing in " leafy luxury" beneath " the old pa- 

 trician trees so great and good," or under 



The hawthorn's pleasant boughs, 

 Where a thousand blithe birds house. 



Then again, if we wander abroad when 



The Summer flowers are fading, 

 And Autumn winds arouse ; 



when it may truly be said, 



The sim like a glorious banner unfurled, 



Seems to wave o'er a new, more magnificent world, 



