24 THE DAFFODILS. 
And \v “’ll list to the mocking-bird, wonder¬ 
ing thereat, 
Till he pauses, as if to ask, “ Who can do 
that ?’’ 
We will listen and gaze, for the lowliest 
thing 
Some lesson of worth to the mind can bring. 
If we read Nature’s book with a serious eye, 
Not a leaf but some precious thought on it 
doth lie: 
And ’tis good to go forth among scenes like 
these, 
Amid music and sunshine, and flowers and 
trees, 
If ’twere only to waken the deep love that 
springs 
At the sight of all lovely and innocent things. 
Al»ONVMO0S. 
DAFFODILS. 
Fair daffodils, we weep to see 
You haste away so soon ; 
As yet the early-rising sun 
Has not attained his noon: 
Stay, stay, 
Until the hastening day 
