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Show HAIL HAPPY SPRING Wo hall tho joyous, happy spring Though cold and late its coming, To malto tho bees nnd warbler's sing And set tho creeks a.hummlng, The flowers peeping from their Btcms So fraught with' smlloc of gladness, Tho graco and lovo of Ood proclaim, And banish all our sadness. Tho woods and hills and dells again Awake from winter's slumbers, Waft fragrance swoot o'er mount and plain, lu countless ways and numbers, With tho return of vardant spring lho symbol Is reflected, Ot man's blest, homo, beyond the tomb, When lie Is resurrected. Vol, Ch ho prone we'uru lu tret, O'er somo deluslvo noUons, And apt the blosslngs to forget, That claim our bestdov'otlaai -jjjj,'. ,,,. ' i . --r""',,fr''llBi, Wo sometlmos think unkindly, And cherish thoughts of dread and woe Uy judging matters blindly. The trouble with tho most of us Wo borrow half our sorrows, Aiul wallow In a nlghtmaro muss Ar-out somo sad tomorrows, U hci cos, If wo could think, a-rlght Our fears would bo rcponted, And faith' and hope would furnish light, Vo make us feci contented. J. C. n. i - |