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EARLY MORNING. 
hungry twit, is all we hear ; the families of voice 
away, or silent ; we have little to note, and perhaps ° s 
little inclination to observe. 
“ During no portion of the day can the general op 0 *?' 
tions of Nature be more satisfactorily observed than l0 
the early morning. Rosy June — the very thoughts 0 
an early summer’s morning in the country, 1^'f 
enchantment, gives action to the current of our bio 0 "’, 
and seems to breathe through our veins a stream 0 
health and enjoyment ! All things appear fresh 011 
unsoiled. The little birds, animated and gratulous, a*® 
frisking about the sprays ; others, proceeding to th e ! 
morning’s meal, or occupied in the callings of tb® 1 ® 
nature, give utterance, by every variety of voice, to t®, 
pleasures that they feel ; the world has not yet call® 
us, and, with faculties unworn, we unite with the 10 ’ 
partake of this general hilarity and joy, feel disposed 
be happy, and enjoy the blessings around us : the tot 
air itself, as yet uninhaled by any, circulates about u 'j 
replete with vitality, conveying more than its us#ir 
portion of sustenance aud health ; ‘ and man goeth fo*? 
unto his labour.’ Night-feeding creatures, feeling t® 
freshness of light, and the coming day, are all upon t® 
move, retiring from danger and observation; and 
can note them now unhidden in their lairs, uneonceak 
beneath the foliage in the hedge; the very vegetati°®| 
bathed in dew aud moisture, full fed, partakes of $** 
early morning joy and health, and every creeping t® 1 ®" 
is refreshed and s'"’ 
all ; and of these 
d satisfied. As day advances, it chaug 0 
use happy beings of the early hour, 
early uum, r , 
are away, and we must seek them ; others are oppress® ’ 
silent, listless; the vegetable, no longer lucid " 1 j 
dew, and despoiled of all the little gems that glitter 
from every serrature of its leaf, seems pensive 
loss. 
at th° 
When blessed with health, having peace, 1111,0 
cence, and content, as inmates of the mind, perhaps 1 
most enjoyable hours of life may be found in an cal ■ 
summer’s morning.” 
