POETRY
... . I: 1 THE SEASONS. A blue-eyed child that sits amid the noon, OP'rhung with a laburnum's drooping sprays, Sidging her littlo sons, while softly round Along the grass the chequered sunshine plays. All beiaaty that is tlronod in wonanliondh Pacing a snmmer garden's fountaolnd walks, That stoops to smooth a glossy spaniel down, .To-hide her flushing chock from one who talks. A happy mother with ...