Nature cares for thee, gives thee sunshine gold,
Handfuls of pearls cast from the crested waves,
For thee pink-throated shells soft murmurs hold,
And seaweed vested chorists chant in caves.
Whence came thee, lone one of an alien band.
To guard an outpost of this sunset land?
GRACE HIBBARD,
in Forget-me-nots from California.
JULY 25.
IN THE MEXICAN JUNGLE.