Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-22
Birthday Sentiment.

This is my birthday, and a happier one
was never mine.-(LOnSfelloW)
May this be the sentiment Of every one
who has birthday. Some persons az,
vance the theory that it is not g good
thing to celebrate or recognize IN any
way these milestones of life's highway.
But we all have them; there is no posi-
BILE escape from Father Time and his re-
lenteSS Scythe.
Seems to me the very best way TO do IS
to extract all the 10y, all the sweetness
the French say, ''fete" days.
Aiorn them with many beautiful sen
timents and charms that the Old pagans
attached to days of birth, surround our
selves with our families and dear friends
and really grow old gracefully.
1t is within the power OF each one 70
keep the heart young and defy Time by
harmless beauty arts, SO that the ques-
ton of age will be the least of your
troubles. There is an old saying that a
guardian angel is appointed for every IN
dividual to attend his welfare through
all the stages of this mortal life. The
Bible SAYS this in other words. 1t Is GER
tainly pleasant thought
The following are the flowers and sentl-
ments for the twelve months:
Flower-Snow Drop.
Sentiment-COnsolatiOn
The holly greets the redbreast
MidWinter drear and dark,
And the snow drop Waken'd by his
So:1c
PEEPS re '''ngly forth.-Twamley.
FEBRUARY.
FloWer-Primrose.
Sentiment-Early youth.
BY the dewy CLEAN. by the very breath
Of the primrose tufts in the grass be-
meath;
Upon the heart there is laid a spell
Holy and precious-oh, guard 1t wei
-TWamley
MARCH.
FloWer-VioletS.
Sentiment-Modcsty.
Sweet violets. loves Paradise. that
spreads
Within your paly faces.
Upon the gentle wing of some calm
breathing wind
That plays amidst the plain.-Scott.
APRIL
Flowcr-Daisy.
acknowledgements.
Verse
When smitten by the morning ray
I see thee rise, alert and gay.
Then cheerful flower, my spirits play
With kindred gadness Wordsworth
MAY
FloWer-Hawthorn.
Sentiment-HOpe.
Now hawthorns blossom.
NOW lile udlSleS SpllllS.-POpe.
And every shepherd tells his tale
Under the hawthorn in the vale
Milton.
JUNE
Flower-Wild rose
entiment-Simplicity
Verse
The wild rose scents the summer air,
And woodbines weave in bowers
10 glad the swain sojourning there
And maidenS gathering flowers.
Glare
JULY. 4
Powerfully
Sentlm ent-Pulity and modesty
Observe the rising lily's snowy grace.
They neither toll nor spin, but care
less grow,
Yet see how warm they blush. how
bright they glow.-Tennyson.
AUGUST
FloWer-Poppy
:. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of sleep
Sleeps dewy wand
Has str"ked my dreaming lids and
promises
MY long arrear Of rest.-Young.
SEPTEMBER.
ElCwer- Morning glory
Sentiment--Contentme
rms Is the charm by sages often told,
lowering all it touches into gold:
content can Sooth, Where'er by fortune |
placed,
IAN rear garden in the desert waste |
Henry Kirk White
OCTOBER
FloWer-Hops.
Scntiment-Joy.
Joy is the handspring in the whole
VI endless natures calm rotation.
Joy moves the dazzling wheels that
m the great time piece Ct creation.
Schiller.
NOVEMBER
f'lower-Chrysanth
WAL Sentiment-Cheerfuln
cheerful saa1, looks make every dish a
And It's that crowns a welcome.
DECEMBER
Flower-Hofiv- N.
1,o,. Sentiment-Foresight
Snme to the holly hedge
s sung repair, and to the thicket
Some fsor 70 the rude protection of the
Thompson.