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Page 16 - SWEET Day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky, The dew shall weep thy fall to-night ; For thou must die. Sweet Rose, whose hue angry and brave Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die. Sweet Spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie, My Music shows ye have your closes, And all must die.
Page 16 - ... fall to-night, For thou, alas ! must die. 2 Sweet rose ! in air whose odors wave, And color charms the eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou, alas ! must die. 3 Sweet spring ! of days and roses made, Whose charms for beauty vie, Thy days depart, thy roses fade ; Thou, too, alas ! must die. 4 Only a sweet and holy soul Hath tints that never fly ; While flowers decay, and seasons roll, This lives, and cannot die.
Page 57 - I should not want to drink if I had no mouth." " A plant has a great many mouths, dear, but you cannot see them with your naked eye, because they are so small. They drink in the rain through their leaves, and still more through their roots, which are made on purpose to suck up the moisture. " Go to the kitchen and get a tumbler of water, and I will show you this plant, which is hanging its head from thirst. You will see how it will drink and be refreshed.
Page 3 - HE simple and instructive little stories contained in: this volume, are translated from the German. The author is a lady, who loves children, and has written many books for their entertainment, as well as for their improvement.
Page 59 - ... that God would send some clouds, that all the plants might not wither and die with thirst. It is well for children and youth to learn chat the trials and afflictions of life are to the soul vhat clouda are to the earth.
Page 55 - I wish there were no clouds. I think the sky would be much prettier if it were all blue, and the clouds did not come over it." " The clouds, dear, are very necessary ; without them we should have no rain.
Page 58 - ... you. God, who is wise and kind, will not let this earth, and creatures he had made to live in it, faint. " He has made the clouds to bring rain to give the fields drink. It will not be unpleasant to you now to see them in the sky sometimes, though they do cover the beautiful blue.
Page 56 - Frank, one bright summer morning, as he was sitting in a cool shade, and feeding his hens with corn out of his hand, " mother, I wish there were no clouds. I think the sky would be much prettier if it were all blue, and the clouds did not come over it.
Page 57 - You see, my little boy, that the plant can drink as well as you. God, who is wise and kind, will not let his earth, and...
Page 57 - I will show you with this plant, which is hanging its head from thirst. You shall see how it will drink and be refreshed." Frank went to the kitchen, and soon came back with a...