In June 'tis good to be beneath a tree

While the blithe season comforts every sense;

Steeps all the brain in rest, and heals the heart,

Brimming it o'er with sweetness unawares,

Fragrant and silent as that rosy snow

Wherewith the pitying apple-tree fills up

And tenderly lines some last-year's Robin's nest.—Lowell.


THE ARKANSAS KINGBIRD.