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ARBOR DA Y MANUAL. 
THE RETURN OF MAY. 
H AIL ! fair queen, adorned with flow 
Attended by the smiling hours ! 
’Tis thine to dress the rosy bowers, 
In colors gay. 
We love to wander in thy train, 
To meet thee on the fertile plain, 
To bless thy soft propitious reign, 
O lovely May! 
’Tis thine to dress the vale anew 
In fairest verdure bright with dew ; 
And harebells of the mildest blue 
Smile on thy way. 
Then let us welcome pleasant spring, 
And still the flowery tribute bring, 
And still to thee our carol sing, 
O lovely May. 
Now, by the genial zephyr fanned, 
The blossoms of the rose expand ; 
And, reared by thee with gentle hand, 
Their charms display. 
The air is balmy and serene, 
And all the sweet, luxuriant scene 
By thee is clad in tender green, 
O lovely May ! 
Mrs. Hemans. 
ROBIN AND CHICKEN. 
A PLUMP little robin flew down from the tree, 
To hunt for a worm which he happened to see. 
A frisky young chicken came scampering by 
And gazed at the robin with wondering eye. 
Said the chicken : “ What a queer-looking chicken is that; 
Its wings are so long and its body so fat ! ” 
While the robin remarked loud enough to be heard : 
“ Dear me ! an exceedingly strange-looking bird ! ” 
“ Can you sing? ” robin asked, and the chicken said ‘‘No,” 
But asked in its turn if the robin could crow. 
So the bird sought a tree and the chicken a wall, 
And each thought the other knew nothing at all. 
