'MW; CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY FROM Rhoads General Hospital ^7~0-t*<_i. , \^\ m, ^^ Cornell University Library The original of tiiis book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31 9240321 93090 Turn- "th^^e Jeavc^ over — 6on^-l3loASoin5 lie kere, G;atl\crea in. many a beautiful ye^ar H.M.W. Lorvdorx: eaNe3T |\/i5Tea. l-f 5t. Bride 5treet e.C. Pn'nfecf by £ Ni^tcr at Nurembera (Bavorio) e.R DUTTOjvl f^C9 31 We^t TwerAty Third 5treet. Introduction. rl'KOUQH woodland and ineadow, In ^Linli^Kt and ^kauow, Ihc flowei^5 are awakino Witn petab dew-peaded-, \J tWi-'.Mm.^' -\ ^ ^ Urn: In orcen <^lade^ and alley;?, Where lin0er,5 and dalliej The yound heart of ^3piin<5time, In hushed plumber curled ' O here we will wander When ,5un3et burn^; yonder -, With silent hearty nnurm'rini;3 " Thank God for Hi^ world ." H ROUGH woodland and meadow, By coppice and stream, In .sunshine and ►shadow, Cc Ad d ream ; ome linger ahc In each leafy cover The wild birds" ^>ing sweet, With the bees in the clover The wind in the wheat. Mere Winter and ^Summer, Brown AuturTiVi and f5prino, To welcome each comer Xheir offering's bring-- \^t the frost may not wither, "Nor cold winds may sidh, Nor ever come hither The blossoms that die. A.h, Friend ! turn the pages, And wander awhile Where "Nature assuaoes All care^ with her Smile. Where never a shadow Han^s o\/er Ljfe'^5 stream, Through woodland and meadow C ome ing: er a nd d ream /Iele?^i J. Wood. A Love Sor\6. X^OVC, tLirn from tKc uncKanding 5ca, and Oaje Down tKe^e cirey slopes upon tKc year dirown. ola, A-din(i, ■'mici tne Autumn scented Ka^c, Ihat lictK in. tKc KoUovv^ on tKc wold, WKcre tKe wind- bitten ancient clm.5 enfold Qrey cKurcK, lond barn, orchard and red-rooFcd st^ad, Wrou-dKt in dead days for men a lond wKile dead. Conne down, O Loue, nmay not our Kands Still n\cet ^mcc still We live to-day, [brdcttinO cJunc, Forgetting May, deemind October sweet - O bearken, Kearken, tKroudk tKe afternoon Ihe gray tower sinds a ,5trande old tinklind tune* ^wect, Sweet and sad, tKe toiling years la^t breatK Too satiate of life to s>trive witK deatK. And we, too, will it not be Soft and kind, That rest from life, from patience, and from pain- That rest from bli35 we know not wKen we find — That rest frora love tKat ne'er tKe end can Oain? Hark! Kow tKc tune swells tKat crewKile did w^anc", i^ook up, love! dK, clinO close and never more! iiow can I Kave enoudK of life and love? W. V\J orris. £alli ALLIN6 leaf and fadirv^ Ircc, JLinc-S o{ white on a. sullen 6eoL oKadow^ min"^ f you and me, Oood bye, ^uramor, <^ood bye, <5Qod bye ! A Love Son6. L,0\?^, tLirn from the uncKandin.^ 5ca, AKci ^aje Down tKese drey slopes upon the year ^rown ola, A-din6, "mid the Autumn Scented. Ka^c, That lictk in the Kollovv on the wold, Where the wind- bitten ancient clras enfold Qrey church, iond barn, orchard and red-roo[ed stead, Wrou.dht in dead dajyo for men a ionC while dead. Come dowrn, O Love, rnay not our hands Still n^cet ^mce still We live to-day, [brdcttinO o^ while on a. sullen 6eLv ^Kadow^ rJ6in^ for you andl me., CxooA bye, ^uramc^r, ^ood bye, <5qocI b CJ/ffon ^Jnfha rr »■:.':, ^ r--^ iOhiriiily HEY 0rew in a far-off garden, At tile foot of & valley fair, •Scenting tKe lonely .silence \A/^itA tneir "ra<^ra.n.ce rick and rare, ike Soutnwind, brou(int tnem Sun^nirve , 7\l\ci Sent tkem. his Softest sKowcrs, Tvnd. none ever dared, to <5atn-er Jjae least of tko^e lovely flowery! /\t eve in tkat quiet garden., The M-aster loved to walk, /\nd eacK fair y lower as He pa53ed it Bent on its slender st^lk. ^:' Ijut tke JLily was vain of Ker Lcauty, y\nd as His step drew, near, Otood proudly crect and stately, 7\nd said 1 am fairest Kcre! " Tke Jiaster jia'^cd on it sadly, In His ^a^e ^ricf j^atKVin^ .slow. Till tke I^ily bent kefore Him Tke lowliest of tke low. -And tke tear tkat [ell on its petals, j\s> tke rVaster turned away. Will be found & la_y tke wrond ! it will do it-Si work, and vv^e kelp it to Spring, ihou^k otker^ rnay work at the karvcstm^i. C^iad is tke task cf kelpin^ to birtk Ike klessed fruits o- tke Dou.n.tcou.3 eartk; And cSlad tKe tAsk of helping to raise . Tl\e present's truit for tke comind) day£)! O'^w ^ooA - and tend it witk steadfast care /\nd hcyonA all dream ^kail tke fru.it be faxr! Wkat m.atter - you kelped tke fruit5 to krinci- "^ you |all asleep f^re tke karvestin-^i ? if •■^Si*-*'''*:***! ■'^' -^xan^/^ -•■-Vii' ^ «»*.. I 'id It. -^-^ ■/Mi^b. n/- ME oir 15 Hill o{ a myi.tic movitM^, Vv^ftirv? and wavenno to and iro, Cqrey a3 the <^loom of s, dim ^rey dove-win'^', fJilent and sudden, to come and oo r"loatin(^' by with a tilmy HyuW, ,!)huddennd, shadowing, here and there, Till it seems that the Soulj of the dead and dyii-i9 '74ove and meet m the haunted air. VVrailhs that nse fron\ the tbml\s uiAtcndecJ, Wreathinc^ and wnfhind in 5peechles5 pain; Wise iKat "ever" ^o ^oon make3 endind^ J_ove - fori^otten and men"\ory slam. Vjarmenl'.s fme as (Ke lhr"ead (Ke 3pH"vner OpinnctK close on the leaiy hec|(5e -, Ft-'lds that' thicKea _ then fadiiid thinncf T^elt to miit on the otiter edi^e Ibrm^ anj (aces, with no cletininO, QlimmeiMnO, dAimmennO, known, tinknown; LloKt feet fallmd, and fair at"m6 twinind, ^Ia5.pin0, clo.'=)inO _ the mist aloi-ve J_Jreann.^ that dance in a nna^y measure, 'R^55lnO, repa35in<^, with tii-ele55 ("read -, rhantom fancies of Lincati^ht pleasure, 'tlaLintinii hope5 that are void and dead Lcxrth, half- hidden anJ half-fordotten, Spectral tree^ and jn unknown >ky, - Sound- that .seem out of space he^^o^tcI^, 'Doubt.-5 and dream.s, as the mists, (^o by Helen T^aud Waithmarv. 1ieart3ea3^ rfay you remember And there e.j pansier, ikafs pr thoiicfhfji " Shahespe -sW ^W^^ T-HITMK I know the very spot, Where bordered with forget-me-not, \\\\b lovely blo35om drew. "We Knew that pansy -bed of old, A 5weet swift story tiiere was toJd between blacK eyes and blue. It seems but yesterday we stood Each unto each Gocj'5 Oreate^st i^ood "beneath the morni ng sKy ! We stood as lovers stand to part (But hand from hand, not heart from heart,) With lin<^erino' <^ood-bye Upon your snow-white dress you wore One blojisom plucked an hour before, While still the dew wa^ wet. A purple pansy fair as this, 1 look it wifh your first shy kiss; I have that blossom yet fiarrieii Sfocfkall. YvT^^lES for ^Kou'^KB +Kcir bloorrv, /^Aeei vve or ^evcr, /^ emorv 1^ tKcir livin'^ perfume. ;or e\'er C///'f^n HjnfL f ti"'''*" ^'''*~^'' ">■" Painted FTowerJ in. Winter Time OW slran^e to 6reet, iki^ frqj-ty m.om , \n Graceful, counlerfeil of flowerj- , iKefe cmldren of ike meaaowj' , born. Of funsKine anA of 5Kowers . ri OW well tke con5ciou5. pa^e relain.5 Tke pictul-ey of tKe floWer-^own kome/; T ke lf^kt5 and skade^ , tke purple stain^ , And Golden kue5 of tloom. ! Il wa5 a Kappy tkou^kl to trin^ To ike dark jea5on'5 fro^l and rime lni5 painted memory of ^prin6, lKi5 dream of Rummer - time . tlaply our gentle friend KatK met WKile wanderirv^ in ker j-ylvan queft . Tlauntirv^ Ki^ native woodla.nd5 yet The Druid of iKe We5-t :- And while tKe dew on leaf and flower Glijtened in moonli^kl clear and jiill , Learned iKe dujk wi^ardjf j-pell of power. And cau6kt kiy trick of ^k'lll Dut welcome , be it nevj or old , ike 6ift wkick n\ake5'"tke deiy more bri6kt, Tvnd painty, upon tke <5round of cold Tvnd d3irkne^55 , warmtk a.nd Ii<5kt . Fill 50ft and deep , O w^inter _5rvow ! Ike 5weet asalea^ oake-n dell5, Tvna kide tke karvk wkere roj'ej' klow , 7\nd j'wun6 tk© a3ure' bellj' ! O'erlay tke amber violety leave^, Tke purple aiterj- brookyide borrt& , Guard all tke flower5 ker pencil oivec 7\ life beyond tkeir bloonv. /\nd ^ke , wken 3prino convey round a^dain , By 6reenin6 j'lope and j'in.dincS flood ;Skall wander, j'eeUincS not m Vain Tier darlin65 of t:ke wood. . 'y-oin Greenleaf Whiitier. -4 in a ^onA in your K^art lire ike Kour^ o\ the Aurii.Km'^ depart, / V nd nit^hi comeik — ike desolate ikin^. n. M. W ..^ A' ^\ Transformation^). OVC came and ^igked across my heart ^/,. ^5oft as a murmur scarcely heard!, And lo! its inmost deeps were. stirred; And little joys, Jike crystal streamy O'er arid wastes that drought has bared, Went trickling through its dreams- Love came and Lreatncd across my heart' \A4rm as a balmy breath of fSprind, And straight it fell to blo55omin^, And little bud,5 bec^an to start Where hitherto not anything Of life or joy had part. Love came and dwelt within my heart, Where all the scented blossoms ,5pread A delicate and dainty bed With twinin€L tkrcw down a ^Kower of leaves Over Ker yellow Kair, A-nd tne ecJlantine -slyly slipped a rope Tvnd cau<^nt Ker unaware Sudden and 5weet a roKin san.<^ from a milk-wKite KawtKorn busK, Tvnd jar away, like a voice irv a dream, Carolled a Ku.ildin<^ tKrusW. j\ flasK of wKite in tke dolden air, /\ naa^pie pitted across, /Vnd bees were^ Kum.min'i' tkeir drowsy tunc Over tKe tKyn\y rao^^. Daisies CurlecL in tkeir snowy frills 4f)uverin^ tke ^ra.55y lane, Woocci tke ^n\a.ll findicrs to pluck And weave Tkeir pearls in a fringed, ckainj -A. yield- moiAse peeped, witK Kis dian\ond eyes, Frona sonae waving ritoon ^rass, Tvnd a sauirrel climted tke ckestnut tree io see. ou.r darling pasS. j\ wandering wind, tkat V\ad ^atKered The secrets of all tke flowers, Ckased tkrou^k tke skadow and sunli^kt Tkis restless baby of ours; A-far in tke dreen. wood's koUow fS. cuckoo proclaim.ed tke v5prin.j', IJut Our bird's voice was tke Sweetest That day of tkanks^ivin^. CoLris Brooke^. S^' .*'• ,'-A I / ^ ^eoen TimeJ One. ( ©)• pen-oiWioT) of tke ^AutfiorciJ.) ttEKE'iS no dew left on the dai^iei and clover, TKere'3 no rain left in heaven •• .I've said my "seven time5" over and over j 3even times one are 'seven ? 1 am old, so old, I can v/rite a letter - rly birthday lesions are done ; The lamb^ p'^^Y S'lways, they knov^ no better 1 hey are only one times one- O velvet bee, you're a dusty fellow, \oLi've powder d your leds with <5old ' O brave marshmary buds, rich and yellow, Qive me your money to hold ! <~) moon, in tne night 1 have seen you sailind .[f'. „ And shininO ^o round and low-. \Gu were bridKt ! aK bridht ! but your li<^ht isfeilind — \ou are notbind now but a bow. ,'t, -.-^ •'■ --"*? lou moon, nave you done ^ometKin<5 wrond in neaven That God ha,5 hidden your fiice ? 1 hope if you have you will ,5oon be ror^^iven, ' And ^Kinc a<^ain in your place. •<*'■, '"^ O colymbine, open your folded wrapper, Where two twin turtIe-dove3 dwell ! O cuckoopint, toll me tKe purple clapper That Kancji in your clear <5reen bell ' Tvnd ^how me your nest witK tKe youn<5 onc3 in it ^ I will not 3teal therrt away ) lam old ! you may trust me, linnet, linnet^ — I ann ^even time5 one to-day. ^ean Inoeiow. ,«»weet September ! ^/^/i 3/nfA ...»^ -^ ^J'epteinlDen &N tKe maple tu.rn.5 to en m:i)On, ?\nd. tne beecKen leaver to gold, t\ tKc gentiar\'5 in the meadow, And tKc aster en tKc wold, WKen tKe noon 1,3 lapped in vapour, And tKe niLtcal upon me TKrcudK tKe dimncsS) of tKe air, WitK tKe cross upon Ker boS on\ And tKe amarantK m Ker Kair. E>oLyard Taylor. 1 n the U/oodyarcL . HE 5ky wd.5 lowering overheard, '%, It certainly was d.reacl|'u.l weatneri We skeltered, underneatk a sKeJ, We two alone - alone to^ctKer. Tv woodyard sked beside tke road, Tke floor was strewn witk pine wood-'s ' cKippinJ ', Outside, in, keaps, ^reat lo^s were stowed, Q)yx wkick we keard tke rain- drops arip- -pin^. We smelt tke scent of tKe wet cartk , /Vnd tke wet tirnber, too, was scented: /Vnd tkose two scents i I tkink, are wortk /vll otker Scents men kave invented. \o\x looked out at tke dull ^ray sky, ^aid It will never finisk rainin lou pointed A5 you Spoke - but I A.ccepted fate witkout complaining. » 1 WAS 7\utumn, and tKe wind was keen, It w<2i5 A cKill un^enia,! sea-Son; Close by your side I Kad to lean lo keep you warn\, no otKer reason, it was because, tke wind was cold (1 said So, and you did not doubt it,) That 1 took botk your bands to kold, Tvnd tkat is all tke trutk about i|;_ it WAS not till your lips looked sad 7\nd Wondered If Mamma bad missed iKat 1 renounced a vow 1 ka.d To be discreet, and stoopin3tay and smile, Love awhile, TKoug'h yoLi frown fo-morrow ( '^ ■i 0^^-^^ '-■'mi In tKo^e time -worn arm^, in the day,3 agotie, I have laughed with others, and mu^)ed alone, And the mo35 around, ,so oTeen and fine, \/Va5 the fresher once for a tear of mine, [t ha^ nursed 5weef hope^ in the happy pa^f, And if ever I ^ouoht it with brow o'erca^t, 3tay, ^tay/ it seemed to 3ay, Oani^sh Siohs and ^orro\Ai ; Wait awhile, Lite may ;Dmile Brighter far, to-morrow I JlIUs Walton. (Svenin( n.E sky is all Kooded and sKrouded ,.m ^rev. The ni^kt stealetK rapidly orv, But orve little cloud tKat belonged to tne da_y Ivefuses to fade ar\d be ^ons.. \ It drifts o'er tbe sbadows, a delicate ^iprite, In. "gossamer garments of apricot licint, And bids a delicious defiance to ni^kt. TvtKwart all tke skadows one tremulous, ray Of Sunli^kt katk sou^kt it, and skone Jn sweet benediction , all golden and ay, For tkat little cloudlet alone. it clirn.bs, as I watck it, tkat ladder of likt, A.nd out tkro' tke dreyness it passes from si<^kt. Wko1l follow? Wko'll follow? 1 would if I mijkt. Helen CMaud Waithman. Flowers LUCK nol iKe w^^/Aide flower, \\ 15 mc l:ravel]eri dower , ?\ tKou6and pa53er6 - by l^^ hesxA'xe^ vc\A.y c5py, AVay win a ioucK of ble66in^ Trom /Nature''^ mi 'a care55in<^. TKe Aad of Kcarl pcrceiue/3 TV v/iolel under leaves Like ^ 5omc fre^K - Luddind hope ; TKc priTYv.ro6e. on iKe ^lope 7\ Apoi: of Aun^binc^ dwells?, /\nd ckcerful nac6;i>a'^e lelli Of kind rene'u/in-cii power , Ike nodding bluebelfi -dye I5 drau/T\ from happy S)ky. Tken Apa-re i^ke wa\/5ide flower ! It i6 the traveller'^ dower. How KoSej came Red. %*^ j[ HERE. on.ce was a darden wKere ro5&3 «^rew, xi:::^:^ White a^ tKc liUies, 5o fresh, and fair, 7\ncl tney loved ti'^c >Sur\ , and tney loved tne acv\^ Tvnd lov'ed to 5win6 m tne Summer -air. l3u.t t\ry\c went alond till tne day was done , The sun went sleepily down m tKe west; And tKe roses cried, as tKe_y saw him 60: OK, Stay witK us, Sun, -for we love you best- .^o tnere stayed awhile witn tKe commd nisKt, v3wect l^lusKes of li^Kt tKat would SoFtly preSiS Al kiss on tKe lips of tKose roses wKite, Till tKcir leaves blusKcd red at tKe Sweet careSS. Edric Vredenbur^^. /\ Fancy from Fontenelle. 2)(S- fnem-oires de J^oies, on n'a point vu mounr Je Jarc/j '//z/ for6et-Yne-not. Culled cacK flow ret for n\y fair, jkc Wild tKyrrve ana tKc KcaiKer bc.ll, A.na rouna tKcm twined a "tendril rare - A^Ke ^aid the po,sy pleaded Kcr ivcll ; Sut of tKe flou/cr6 tkat deck iKc field, Or <^racc tKc <^ardcn. oi ike cot, Tkouok otkerA ricKer pcrfu.nae6 vi^ld, Tke AwccteM i-S Tor6ei; tue 7Vo+ Wc roamed tke mead, we climkcd "tkc kill, Wc rambled o'er +kc krcckan brae , Tke iree^ tkat crowned tke m.o5;iy rill, Tkcy Screened -ai from tke ^lare oi day. x6ke .6aid ike loved tke sylvan bou/er, Wa6 ckarm&d witK ev'ry rural Apot, And ivkon arrived ike parting hour '1~lcr last word6 were Tor'^et- me-Alo-V A noro. -"»^^>m-^! a bloissom ^o ^wcet and sky, ^o muck can say, Ao much Imply; \/&i J^ovc u/itK So little can do >o much, Only a word, 6weet, only a touch ! •*^ i»,., T[wo ,^ / WO lovers by a mo5S grown 5prin^ . They leaned soft cheeks together there, TMiingled the dark and 5unny hair, And heard the vyooing thrushes -Sing O buddind time ! O love's blest prime! \^o wedded from the porlal stept - The bells made happy carol! ings, The air was 50ft as fanning winds, Whit petals on the pathway dept. O pure-eyed bride ! O tender pride ' C,_wo faces e'er a cradle bent Two hands above 1"Ke head were locked ; The5.e pressed each otKer while they rocked, Those watched a life that love had sent O solemn hour ! O hidden power ! (jyo parents by the evening fire •■ The red li<^ht fell about their kneei Or\ heads that rose by slow de^ree^, Like buds upon the lily Spire O patient life ! O tender strife ' ^e two siill 5at together there, The red Iidht shone about their knees ©ut all the heads by slow de<^rees -Had j^one and left that lonely pair. O voyaammer 16 icapmO TKe iKi-LioKevb are callin<^i, iKe i^ay floiveri. faUin^, ""Ike CLLckoQi. rccallino tkai i5unc- i;^-, Kcre. Come laa6 o' the village, caplng wilK quick boi.Ln.cis near 'S Come up Con-ic out ! wilh icytke and witn fickle, ihe loH'^ Qra35 lcan.5 \o ike iweet 6outk wiud ; And tViere'^ maids a • many, fi-om Joan to Jenny, WitK u/Kite arms waiting tkc Srvalke;^ to bind.. c I ko ' a^ll over "ike mcadou/^s, en Ora66 15 cut, tkeR "tke kerd. may si ray , ry ko ! ko Wkcn ^ Tvncd \\'i> not for Tlower,s, ior leavers, or kower^, r nrkat lad^ 9° war\derin6 'lon^ tke way. Tken key ! tken Ko ' for tke 6t-aSsy rncadoiA/,'', I Tke idower,^ we want we're .6urc "to rina ; Tor t:Key. klo6^om and klow wkereuer you 60, , Wkilc lad^ are louinp ai"vd la6$e;i kind. Theo. Gift. rift Milkind Time. OME ' White-face" come, for tKe sun. kas set, ■ And. tke "^rass witk evening aew is wet, onae, Dais^', Come, and Buttercup too, rbr Molly, tKe milkma^id., waits for you. i ke&rd tke clock in tke steeple ckinae, j\r\d it Seemed to say 'tis milking -time' -And Molly stands at tne "garden -date, 2\ wond.erin \A\y ker cow^s are late. w^re you asleep in 5ort\e cool retreat ? Or WAS it tne 5cent of tKe clover Sweet ? Or were you. too la^y tke Kill to climb ? What kept you away at milkin.<^ - time ? Then Buttercup" turned and. answered n\e, In new. rniown Kay Ky tKe apple tree, The children were dancing round in a rin^, 7\nd we stopped a minute to Kear tikem S^^^- The 5ond kept tim.e to tKeir tiny feet, Their voices Sounded 5o fresK and Sweet, 7\5 tKey san<^ to^etner Some cfuaint old rKyme, iKat it made us forget our milkin<^- time." 7^. K. Mounsey. Six The Last Leaf- 3AW hirrv once before As Ke passed by the doc-, And ai^ain. 1 he pavenrient stones resound '\'y' As he totters o'er the d'roLind With his cane I, \ They say that in his prime. Ere the prunin