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ARBOR DA V MANUAL. 
ARBOR DAY. 
air: “the soldier’s farewell.” 
0 HAPPY day returning, 
For thee our hearts are yearning, 
We come with joyous greeting, 
Old friends and schoolmates meeting, 
O Arbor Day, dear Arbor Day, 
To sing thy praise, sweet Arbor Da}'. 
Blest be the trees we’ve planted, 
Blest be the songs we’ve chanted; 
May other lives be brighter, 
And other hearts be lighter, 
O Arbor Day, dear Arbor Day, 
To sing thy praise, sweet Arbor Day. 
Farmer Village , N. Y., April, 1889. 
Live trees and bloom fair roses! 
And as each spring discloses 
To younger hearts your beauty. 
May they do loving duty, 
O Arbor Day, dear Arbor Day, 
To sing thy praise, sweet Arbor Day. 
Blest be the day we cherish, 
Its mem’ry never perish, 
And with each spring returning, 
May other lips be learning, 
O Arbor Day, dear Arbor Day, 
To sing thy praise, sweet Arbor Day. 
Lewis Halsey, 
ADDRESS TO A ROBIN. 
FOR A LITTLE ONE. 
W ELCOME, welcome, little stranger, 
Fear no harm, and fear no danger; 
We are glad to see you here, 
For you sing sweet spring is near. 
Now the snow is nearly gone, 
Now the grass is coming on — 
The trees are green, the sky is blue. 
And we are glad to welcome you. ” 
Miss Alcott. 
’Tis sweet, in the green spring, 
To gaze upon the wakening fields around ; 
Birds in the thicket sing. 
Wine's whisper, waters prattle from the ground. 
A thousand odors rise, 
Breathed up from blossoms of a thousand dyes. 
Shadowy, and close and cool, 
The pine and poplar keep their quiet nook ; 
Forever fresh and full, 
Shines, at their feet, the thirst-inviting brook; 
And the soft herbage seems 
Spread for a place of banquets and of dreams. 
From the Spanish of Villegas. 
Bryant. 
