The outward shows of sky and earth,
Of hill and valley he has viewed;
And impulses of deeper birth
Have come to him in solitude.

In common things that round us lie,
Some random truths he can impart,
—The harvest of a quiet eye
That broods and sleeps on his own heart.

WORDSWORTH.


CONTENTS.

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The Old Year and the New[1]
Musings on the Threshold[23]
Spring Days[41]
Musings in a Wood[63]
The May-days of the Soul[85]
Summer Days[101]
Musings in the Hay[123]
The Beauty of Rain[145]
Autumn Days[161]
Musings on the Sea-shore[183]
Musings on the Mountains[199]
Musings in the Twilight[221]
Winter Days[241]
The End of the Seasons[265]
Under Bare Boughs[283]