Original Poetry. A SPRING SONG. MARCH winds and April showers Their tender roots were nourish'd And yet, though boist'rous weather Still rise they but the stronger And thus the afflicting rigour Of Love's own chastening rod Had March a pitying bosom, And so unmingled pleasure, But fairer shines to-morrow May Day Song. "THE flowers are blooming every where, The young lambs bleat and frisk about, The trees that look'd so stiff and grey, See yonder bird spreads out his wings, "Go forth, my child, and laugh and play, With birds, and brooks, and merry May, I would not check your bounding mirth, For He Who made this blooming earth May. THE feast of St. Philip and St. James is on the 1st of May. Ascension-day or Holy Thursday, forty days after Easter, falls either in May or June; but most commonly in May. The three days before Ascension-day are called Rogation-days, and kept as days of fasting. Ancient Hymn on the Ascension. O CHRIST, Who hast prepared a place With open face and joyful heart, O future Judge, eternal Lord, The Editors return their thanks to "F. C." for his kind notes and corrections. Robson, Levey, and Franklyn, Great New Street, Fetter Laue The Swan Original Poetry: The Butterfly English Church-History: Edwin and Paulinus Heathens and Christians PAGE 121 125 126 127 133 139 144 ib. Fable of the Wild Cherry-Tree. "How lovely I shall look!" said a tall young cherrytree which grew near the hedge of a cottage-garden; "the late showers have greatly improved my appearance, and a few more such sunshiny days as this will bring out all my blossoms-how lovely I shall look when in full bloom! Last spring the squire and the young ladies stopped to look at me; and so, I dare say, they will again." 66" "Yes," observed an old gooseberry-bush which grew not far off from the cherry-tree, "so they did; but they looked at and praised other things besides you; one of the young ladies, as I well remember, looked over the hedge, and admired the neatness and good order No. VI. G Ancient Hymn on the Ascension. O CHRIST, Who hast prepared a place With open face and joyful heart, O future Judge, eternal Lord, The Editors return their thanks to "F. C." for his kind notes and corrections. Robson, Levey, and Franklyn, Great New Street, Fetter Laue. |