we derive amusement from them, we may also gain instruction! What the seasons and flowers are to teach us, we may know from the following fragment: "The seasons came and went, and went and came, To courage in distress exhorted loud. The flocks, the herds, the birds, the streams, the breeze, Attuned the heart to melody and love. Mercy stood in the cloud, with eye that wept Essential love; and from her glorious bow, Bending to kiss the earth in token of peace, In dreams and visions, sleep instructed much; POLLOK. Singular Structure of the Awn of the Heron's Bill Snowdrop's early Appearance Snowstorm at the end of April 60 ...... Stiles ... Succory The Beech Tree Shade Sonnet to Summer "South Down"... Sow Bread Spring Wild Flowers Strawberry-leaved Cinquefoil Strawberry-like Comarum, Sonnet ..... The Beauty of a Hilly and Well-wooded Country The Blackbird's Song after a Spring Shower... 39 169 54 |