ARBOR DA Y MANUAL. 
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A MAY MORNING LESSON. 
RECITATION FOR FIVE PUPILS. 
First.— 
WICE one are two : 
Prairie rose, blushing through 
My window—all aglow with dew, 
Twice one are two. 
Second. —Twice two are four : ' 
Bees a-humming round the door, 
Calling others by the score, , 
Twice two are four. 
Third. —Twice three are six : 
Pansy-beds their colors mix ; 
See the mother hen and chicks. 
Twice three are six. 
Macaulay's Little Folks. 
Fourth. —Twice four are eight: 
Gorgeous butterflies, elate, 
Dancing, poising, delicate. 
Twice four are eight. 
Fifth. —Twice five are ten : 
Sweetest strains from yonder glen, 
Echoed o'er and o’er again. 
Twice five are ten. 
Ali.. —Twice six are twelve : 
Merry maidens of the year, — 
Some in snowy gowns appear, 
Some in gold and silver sheen ; 
Yet the fairest is, I ween, 
Dainty May in pink and green. 
GOLDEN-ROD. 
I N the pasture’s rude embrace, 
All o’er run with tangled vines, 
AVhere the thistle claims its place, 
And the straggling hedge confines, 
Bearing still the sweet impress 
Of unfettered loveliness, 
In the field and by the wall, 
Binding, clasping, crowning all,— 
Golden-rod ! 
Nature lies disheveled, pale, 
With her feverish lips apart,— 
Day by day the pulses fail, 
Nearer to her bounded heart; 
Yet that slackened grasp doth hold 
Store of pure and genuine gold ; 
Quick thou comest, strong and free. 
Type of all the wealth to be,— 
Golden-rod ! 
Elaine Goodale. 
BIRD SONGS. 
T HIS is what the robin sings : 
“ Sweet, sweet, 
All the cherries on the tree 
God put there for you and me ; 
Every good and tender seed, 
Grown on flower, or grown on weed, 
God made for our wee ones dear, 
So we sing the whole glad year. 
Sweet, sweet.” 
Hear the blue bird where he swings : 
Oh, my home is green and fair, 
And the gentle summer air 
Rocks my little ones to rest, 
In their soft and downy nest ; 
Joyously I sing and call, 
For the good God watches all ! ” 
Kathie Moore. 
