BIRDS ftND NftTURE. 



ILLUSTRATED BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY. 



Vol. XIII. JANUARY, 1903 No. i 



TO NATURE. 



Thou art a friend, that ever bides with me. 



Steadfast as sun today or moon tonight, 



Or as the stars which shed reveaUng Hght ■ 

 O'er dusky meadow and mysterious sea. 

 Many wise lessons have I learnt of thee ; 



The winds have been my teachers, and the flowers, 



The snows of winter, and the vernal showers, 

 And white clouds sailing tranquilly 

 Above my head, 'cross heaven's radiant face. 



joy to know thy ministering servants move 

 In my behoof on tireless steps of love ! 



Heart-discord now to calm has given place. 



1 would be true to thee, my heart to thine — 

 The feebly human to the Strong^ Divine. 



— William Cowan, in "Chamber's Journal." 



NIGHT IN WINTER. 



A million twinkling sky-lamps look down through the frosty night: 

 A million fairy diamonds flash up from the snow so white, 

 The sharp glint of the frosted steel sounds 'neath the foot below ; 

 And bare brown branches trail their snake-like shadow's on the snow. 



Elizabeth Walling. 



