The sword, and the chisel, and palette,

Shall be held in the little brown hand.

—M. H. Krout.

WINTER AND SUMMER.

Oh, I wish the Winter would go,

And I wish the Summer would come,

Then the big brown farmers will hoe,

And the little brown bee will hum.

Then the robin his fife will trill,

And the wood-piper beat his drum;