May 14.

May 15.

Blow, winds! and waft through all the rooms
The snow-flakes of the cherry-blooms!

Blow, winds! and bend within my reach
The fiery blossoms of the peach.

A Day of Sunshine.

Serve yourself, would you be well served, is an excel

lent adage.

The Courtship of Miles Standish-1.

May 17.

By what astrology of fear or hope
Dare I cast thy horoscope!

Why seek to know?

To a Child.

Enjoy the merry shrove-tide of thy youth!
Take each fair mask for what it gives itself,
Nor strive to look beneath it.

The Spanish Student-Act 3, sc. 1.

May 18.

Then, why pause with indecision
When bright angels in thy vision
Beckon thee to fields Elysian?

Maidenhood.

Thy dress was like the lilies,
And thy heart as pure as they ;
One of God's holy messengers
Did walk with me that day.

A Gleam of Sunshine.

May 17.

May 18.

All things above were bright and fair,
All things were glad and free;
Lithe squirrels darted here and there,
And wild birds filled the echoing air
With songs of Liberty!

The Slave in the Dismal Swamp.

May 20.

O Life and Love! O happy throng
Of thoughts, whose only speech is song!
heart of man! canst thou not be
Blithe as the air is, and as free?

A Day of Sunshine.

Alike regardless of their smile or frown,

And quite determined not to be laughed down. Tales of a Wayside Inn-The Poet's Tale.

"The Birds of Killingworth."

May 21.

Enjoy the Spring of Love and Youth,

To some good angel leave the rest;
For Time will teach thee soon the truth,
There are no birds in last year's nest!
It is not always May.

Fresh as the morn, and beautiful as May.

Tales of a Wayside Inn-Emma and Eginhard.

May 20.

May 21.