And nature is all bright; And the faint gray and crimson of the dawn, Quivers in tremulous softness on the sky- And the kind looks of friends Low to thine ear with duty unforgot- But thou canst hear-and love And while I speak thou knowest if I smile Yes-thou canst hear-and He And 'tis a lesson in our hearts to know, ANONYMOUS. SONG FOR MAY-DAY. It is May! it is May! And all earth is gay, For at last old Winter is quite away ; He saw it, and made no longer stay- It is May! it is May! And we bless the day When we first delightfully so can say, April had beams amid her showers, Yet bare were her gardens, and cold her bowers; And her frown would blight, and her smile betray But now it is May! it is May! It is May! it is May! And the slenderest spray Holds up a few leaves to the ripening ray: It is May! it is May! And the flowers obey The beams which alone are more bright than Up they spring at the touch of the sun, In a language of beauty they seem all to say- It is May! it is May! Chill'd and enchained beneath Winter's sway, Oh thoughts more tender than words convey ANONYMOUS. THE SILENT GLEN. This silent glen, this silent glen, The peace the peace of graves is here ; But man lives like the waning year, Ere the bud ripens to a flower, Dies on the wintry blast. Yon alder tree-see how she courts Yet every breeze with which she sports So man will wreaths of pleasure crave, How fearfully that hollow blast Raved round the mountains hoar; Ruffled the wave, in fury pass'd The heath-and was no more! Such is the fame of mortal man- Yet sooner. even than life's brief span, And even to those for whom is spread Pomp's gaudy trappings spread beneath, HENRY NEELE. Thy neighbour? It is he whom thou Thy neighbour? 'Tis the fainting poor, Thy neighbour? 'Tis that weary man, Thy neighbour? 'Tis the heart bereft Thy neighbour? Yonder toiling slave, Oh, pass not, pass not heedless by ; The breaking heart from misery: THE END. ANONYMOUS. LIST OF BOOKS, &c. FREPARED FOR THE USE OF Scripture Lessons, Old Testament, No. I. 12mo. 9 2 0 (410 No. II. 12mo. Elements of Geometry, 12mo. Mensuration, Gauging, and Land Surveying, &c. Simple Directions for Needle Work and Cutting Spelling and Reading, 33 sheets Copy Lines, all the Gradations, 5 sheets Class Rolls Instructions for filling do. IN PREPARATION. 0 4 0 04 10 A Map of the World A Geography-and an English Grammar |