peep-to look cautiously or shyly. gay-merry; glad; joyful. I COME, I come! ye have called me long- 2 I have breathed on the South, and the chestnut flowers And the ancient graves and the fallen fanes 3 I have looked on the hills of the stormy North, And the reindeer bounds o'er the pastures free, And the pine has a fringe of softer green, And the moss looks bright where my foot hath been. 4 I have sent through the wood-paths a growing sigh, To the swan's wild note by the Iceland lakes, 5 From the streams and founts I have loosed the chain, They are flashing down from the mountain brows, 6 Come forth, O ye children of gladness! come! HELPS TO STUDY How may the steps of spring be traced? How does the wind tell that the violets are in bloom? Read the lines from the second stanza which tell where spring has been and the result of her visit there. trace to follow by some mark, foosteps, or tracks. ré-sounds'-to throw back the sound; to echo. spray-water or other liquid flying in small drops. Clara Smith is not a well-known writer, but her poem "Jack in the Pulpit' is full of beauty. 1 JACK in the pulpit Preaches today, Under the green trees Just over the way. Squirrel and song-sparrow, Come hear what his reverence Rises to say In his low, painted pulpit This calm Sabbath day. 2 Meek-faced anemones, Beaming and bright; Some red and some white; Daisies, their white fingers Half-clasped in prayer; Dandelions, proud of The gold of their hair; Innocents, children. Guileless and frail, Meek little faces Upturned and pale; Wildwood geraniums, All in their best, Languidly leaning, In purple gauze dressed— All are assembled This sweet Sabbath day To hear what the priest In his pulpit will say. |