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FAMILIAR GAIiUEX FIOIFFH-^. 



(lower may bo properly quoted here as a tail-pieee lo this 

 mmiatvire essay : — 



" Dear o<;imiii(")n tlowor that gvow'st lirsiJu tin- way, 

 Fringing the dusty road with harmh-ss gold — 



First pledge of blithesome May, 

 Whieh children pluck, and full of pride uphold, 



Tligh-hearted buccaneers, o'erjoy'd that they 

 An El Dorado in the grass have found. 



Which not the rich earth's ample round 

 May match ia -wealth— thou art more dear to me 

 Than all the prouder summer blooms may l)e. 



" Gold such as thine ne'er drew the Spanish pi'ow 

 Through the primeval hush of Indian seas. 



Nor wrinkled the lean brow 

 (.)f age to rob the lover's heart of ease : 



'Tis the spring's largess whieh she scatters now 

 To rich and poor alike with lavish hand, 



Though most hearts never understimd 

 To take it at God's value, and pass by 

 The opeu'd wealth with unrewarded eye." 



