NATURE'S COMFORT.

_Sixth pupil._

If thou art worn and hard beset
With sorrows that thou wouldst forget,
If thou wouldst read a lesson that will keep
Thy heart from fainting and thy soul from sleep,
Go to the woods and hills! No tears
Dim the sweet look that Nature wears.

--LONGFELLOW.

_Seventh pupil._

It may be said that the measure of attention given to trees
indicates the condition of agriculture and civilization of a
country.

--MAHÉ.

_Eighth pupil._

I said I will not walk with men to-day,
But I will go among the blessed trees,--
Among the forest trees I'll take my way,
And they shall say to me what words they please.

And when I came among the trees of God,