The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-07-23
LINES on SPRING.
by REQUEST.


|oom'' has long delayed, it is AT las'
ere; and birds, and bees, aud bios .. ),
INNS have wakened beneath its sun ,sn
v influence, and it will leave within few
ur hearts, bright memories OF It's tue
unny days, glad birds and sweet IN
lowers.
Each shrub and tree, whose foliage TN
,reets the eye, as if in thanks Tor the
.eturn of their leafy NANTES have IA
hurst forth into bud and blossom ~
and the wild. flowers which have oeen
called the innocent Bohemlans OIL tue >. ..
forest. have for weeks made the /"
woods redolent with their sweet IS
breath. They really are GOODS un y
dertoues of encouragement" to the n
children of men, and brighten the u
Green earth everywhere. Many per- q .
cons are 80 constituted in this work i
a.day life, that they particularly .
seem to derive more comfort from
the cheerful aspect ofNature, during
the sweet but evanescent spring
We hear so frequently enthusiastic
encomiums Of ARTISTS that nave IL
glowing colors perpetua.ed the beau ''I
.;ea Of Nature. Those blessed with
rustic homes have presented 70 'nem
soene after scene Of rural loveliness.
3 What chrome or engraving can sur
E pass the panoramic views given oy
0 Nature within our own "swee'
: honest" The oxen, looking purple
}. in the evening light, as they staDa
g knee. deep in waving grass or cool'ne
e lukelet; the shadows under the trees
t. turning blue; the evening birds are
at aving across a dimpled sky, and gar
a den and orchard respleudant with the !.
Of same glorious light; the leaves OF
ed vines on fence or porch standing out
en- vivid and defined. After all Nature
We ;s our best friend. "She never nat
w. tiers nor deserts, and the whispering
az, rustic of your trees contain only
ter soothing music" Now Throughout
Of the Western Prairies the perfume 0
Of flowers pervades the air, ana IN W
,ar distance for miles portions are GOV
ms cred with brilliant bloom. The mys
FERROUS course Of "The Seasons a
the thew wend their slow length a'on'
Or. seemed to be marked by the note
,gs: some bird, or growth OF grass al
Der flowers, and one associates a cs'sa
, IN SEASON with these airy warblers. ~
bar summer nights are sadly music
no, with the notes of the Whip-poor-w WI
n,,e which all Nature seems rapturo'
card when upon some sunny morn' =
# m clear, full notes of the M'ckins Oh
ma the winged emblem OF our s"'
VIZ southland, falls upon The ils'ch
luce'l ear
"a, Sound Of ycrnal showers,
a'"i9 d On the twinkling grass,
citing All that ever was fresh NV" ''''
W. Thy music doth snrpass.
Later in the season large hotK
f.,he Wawas" the wild geese
hicks sound note of warming !"
y. ,.' ,b,, tells Of the coming icy rely
y w., Winter, by circling over our no
''a and plumiug their bright wings
NN ,bc;r blissful bird.lives here,
,ss are still warmer spot amid the 9
ines r J." Of that fair State, so happily {
MACK ..F,orida, the land of flowers"
How prone are we to antls
uh'e"o each season as the one whlcu
crown bring to us "Happiness, that
n'a's est. feetest winged Of Earth .
ks have COW ;, M novor Is Init alw,
tautS. MAA uesS' W
C"ar- he hest" and how often IN 81
ria boy, :. - - like ..the mirage
n SPEND ~ ~ not hastens MS ever OF
'nas anu only to elude our grasp just
acke" fondly hoped to win "our oe'n'
q the re- ona aim.'' To one who loo
mmlttee' thro' Nature up to Nature
ne o,s'e how replete at this season d
feateo oS Nature appear with His han
8, a M, ma hound rivers and laughing
' Az ont IN are now either rolling their y
e e are re- course onward, or gliding
her PEG. their cody way along to y
and more Drumming river" glistenln
"a as "a ,hs sun and pebble, and ever as
w Calves. over the bright sands beautil
I'd against way with mimic waterfalls;
tiers over stony ways, IN lltti
and trebles, and moves the 9
4 Monday, -. mo nota that grow fol
chant Chant on lovers" and always murm'
vicious soft refrain. II 60 on forev
he name &c, OF the fashion with all flown
3D. I with a The Spring of which '
Ole in inter- wrote when in its nrst "
hell, ous "a a youth, has now assumed
Oty o'O"o 80 M;deummer