...ghosts in misty shrouds Stand out the white lighthouses high. Almost as far as eye can reach I sec the close-reefed vessels fly, As fast we flit along...God's children both, Thou, little sandpiper, and I ? JAMES THOMSON. [From The Seasons.] PURE AND HAPPY LOVE. BUT happy they! the happiest of their kind!...

...their hands for it. The wild wind raves, the tide runs high. As up and down the beach we flit, One little sand-piper and I. *' Comrade, where wilt thou...God's children both, Thou, little sand-piper, and I ?" This poem of " The Sand-piper," although we have selected it as a distinguishingly characteristic...

...breaks furiously ? My driftwood-fire will burn so bright ! To what warm shelter canst thou fly? I do uot fear for thee, though wroth The tempest rushes through...Others of our birds have been game for the poetic muse, as the oriole, the hummingbird, the robin, the sparrow, the bluebird, •etc., but I recall no other...

...breaks furiously ? My drift-wood fire will burn so bright 1 To what warm shelter canst thou fly ? J do not fear for thee, though wroth The tempest rushes...God's children both, Thou, little sandpiper, and I ? — Gel ia Thaxter. THE SORROWFUL SEA-GULL. THE sea-gull is so sorry ! She flings herself about,...

...along the beach, — One little sandpiper and I. I watch him as he skims along He starts not at rny fitful song, Or flash of fluttering drapery. He has...God's children both, Thou, little sandpiper, and I ? TWILIGHT. SEPTEMBER'S slender crescent grows again Distinct in yonder peaceful evening red, Clearer...

...Stanch friends are we, well tried and strong, The little sandpiper and I. Comrade, where wilt thou he to-night, When the loosed storm breaks furiously ?...God's children both, Thou, little sandpiper, and I ? — Celia Thaxtff. THE SORROWFUL SEA-GULL. THE sea-gull t'.s so sorry ! She flings herself about,...

...I. Comrade, where wilt thou bo to-night When the loosed storm breaks furiously " My driftwood tire will burn so bright ! To what warm shelter canst thou...not God's children both, Thou, little sandpiper, and 1 ? THE MINUTE-GUNS. I STOOD within the little cove, Full of the morning's life and hope, While heavily...

...Almost as far as eye can reach, I see the close-reefed vessels fly, As fast we flit along the beach, — I watch him as he skims along, Uttering his sweet...God's children both, Thou, little sand-piper, and I ? CRLIA THAXTBR. THE STORMY PETREL. A THOUSAND miles from land are we, "*- Tossing about on the stormy...

...fly, As fast we flit along the beach, — One little sandpiper and I. I watch him as he skims along He starts not at my fitful song, Or flash of fluttering...God's children both, Thou, little sandpiper, and I ? TWI LIGHT. SEPTEMBER'S slender crescent grows again Distinct in yonder peaceful evening red, Clearer...

...close-reefed vessels fly, As fast we flit along the beach, — One little sandpiper and I. THE SANDPIPER. 33 He starts not at my fitful song, Or flash of fluttering...God's children both, Thou, little sandpiper, and I ? TWILIGHT. SEPTEMBER'S slender crescent grows again Distinct in yonder peaceful evening red, Clearer...