" AiidT stireyou'lEutiset' the boat:" ean'Wgde ashore: You'reinot afraid," I said; laugh hirteischievetisly: A moan, a tremor; Nature's days are run. A sigh, deep breathed, warm, as though heart-torn; Soft tears,' slow trickling midSt the sunshine hair, And long expected Spring, so fair, is born. AWHIT snow; half: raint; is falling; and, almost hiding the , grass which the sunshine of the previous pleasant days has coaxed Jto :at beautiful; green. The' robins which> have but lately Om from' their Winter' quarters in the mild •South, are hopping briskly over the white earth, choosing' the spots where , tfle Netdhre peeps; through., Their cheerful chirping gladdens.our hearts, for it tells us though the snow is on the ground and, the,. leaderecloudathang low)overhead vith.. more; that Spring. is already at our dOor; and:though, coy maiden .as she: is; she hangs back shyly arid ;hides: her smiling, dimpling face; she must ; soon-burst upon us in all her radiant beauty and; chaseswar the:shadows' of the winter. With her magic wand she will touch, the. icebound streams, and their rippling, laughter as , they , dance over , their rocky beds will awaken ours: The stfirdY crocus;. the fairy anem one and other early flowers' , will arouse at:: her: sikvery voice, of cohimard, and shakinroft thesleepinto which they were kitsed by the frost king last October, lift their pretty; headsrfronr their or os ' 41 NATURE'S' TRAVAIL A A" it A EiA)l . IN' SPRING k:. , T.: STRoHm;: ' 98;,
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