Of strange gray seas, with fair, strong hands that cling

Together, stand tall damozels a-row."

Elizabeth Cavazza.

THREE CHILDREN SLIDING

—Three children sliding on the ice

All on a summer's day.

FOUR are the names of the seasons—spring, summer, autumn, and winter.

Summer is hot and winter is cold, while the others partake in

Greater or less degree of cold and caloric commingled.

Surely, I think, it is well to be good, and my mind is astonished