ile Havoc's blighting footstep falls.
By ruined hearths, by homes defiled,
In scenes that nature's visage mar,
We feel the storm of passions wild,
And pluck the bitter fruit of war.

PEACE.

The cobweb hangs on Sword and belt,
The charger draws the gliding plow;
The cannons in the furnace melt,
And change to gentle purpose now;
The threshers swing their ponderous flails,
The craftsmen toil with cheerful might;
The ocean swarms with merchant sails,
And busy mills look gay by night;
The happy land becomes renowned,
As knowledge, arts, and wealth increase,
And thus, with plenty smiling round,
We cull the blessed fruits of peace.

[Illustration: WAR.]

CHERRY-TIME.

"Oh, cherry-time is a merry time!"
We children used to say--
"The merriest throughout the year,
For all is bright and gay."

"Oh, cherry-time is a merry time!"
The air is fresh and sweet,
And fair flowers in the garden bloom,
And daisies 'neath our feet.

"Oh, cherry-time is a merry time!"
For hanging on the tree,
All round and glistening in the sun,
The pretty fruit we see.

"Oh, cherry-time is a merry time!"
Up in the tree so high
We children climbed, and, laughing, said,
"Almost into the sky."

"Oh, cherry-time is a merry time!"
The robins thought so too,
And helped themselves to "cherries ripe"
While wet with morning dew.

"Oh, cherry-time is a merry time!"
The sunshine and the showers
Of God's rich mercy fall on us
In happy childhood's hours.

[Illustration: CHERRY-TIME.]

[Illustration: {The boys in the pond, fishing with rods}]

THE DAVY BOYS' FISHING-POND.

"Boys," said Mr. Davy, "how would you like to have a fishing-pond?"

The five boys looked at him eagerly, to see if he were in earnest.

"O, splendid, papa!" say they in chorus; "but how _can_ we have a
fishing-pond?"

"You know that hollow down in the pasture," continued Mr. Davy, "and
what a blemish it is upon the farm. I have wondered if we could not
make it useful in some way, and at the same time improve the looks of
things. I think we might build an embankment upon the open side, make
the slope steeper all round, bring the water into it from the creek,
and so have a fishing-pond. We should have to make a race-way from the
creek to the pond, and