SUMMER.
Summer is near, O summer is near;
Winter leaves with a good-by cheer;
The grasses sprout,
And the trees bloom out—
Summer is near, O summer is near.
The birdies do sing, O the birdies do sing!
And so loud the merry bells ring!
For summer brings
Such beautiful things;
Summer is near, O summer is near!
Daisy Severance, Middlebury, Vt.
The author of "Thistle-Down" is only eleven, and her little poem is very sweet too: