days
All the lilies have gone from the violet ways,
There is joy that will dance o'er the meadows and sing,
Where the carols of plenty their blessedness bring.

V.

Then, ho, for the Winter! There's love on the hills,
There is laughter and peace by the ice-covered rills,
And the hearts shall rejoice in the songs that arise
In the raptures that roll under storm-laden skies!

Caught on the Fly.

Some people act on an idea that work is so sacred they fear to touch it
least they profane its divine nature.

Opportunity is a beautiful bird, but so shy that it feeds on the wing
and never alights long enough for a common man to pluck its plumage.

Every man has within him the essentials of exalted greatness; but most
of us are so enmeshed in small follies that the greatness cannot break
through.

The Kingbolt Philosopher.

"I've lived off en on in this land of Trouble fer mor'n seventy years,"
said Uncle Ezra Mudge, as he adjusted a shingle-nail in place of a
missing button for a suspender hold. "En I never yit got a chance ter
shake han's with him. I hev hearn tell thet he is a mighty big feller,
but my observation is thet when you onct git up close to whayre he's
a-stayin', he shrivels up so under a brave look frum honest eyes thet
you hev ter git a maggifyin' glass ter diskiver the kind ov an animile
he actu'lly is!"

When Willie Goes to School.

When Willie goes to school, it seems
The house has lost its light,
And silence like a shadow dreams
Of sunshine out of sight;
The place assumes a somber air,
And lonely musings rule
The moments slowly passing there
When Willie goes to school.

We hustle him from bed, and tell
To quickly wash and comb,
His breakfast eat, and gather well
The books he carried home;
We brush his coat and fix his tie,
And with him fuss and fool,
And kiss him as he hurries by
When Willie goes to school.

And all day long we anxious wait
To hear his foot-steps fast,
Make music sweet there at the gate
When he comes home at last!
The lonely heart with rapture fills
And life's hot warrings cool,
And all the home with laughter thrills
When Willie comes from school!

Ah, World, the school that young hearts seek!
We know full well that you
Will keep him long at tasks that speak
Of books and ferule, too!
God grant that in t