SIXTH DAY. THE ANIMAL WORLD

" " THE CROWN OF GOD'S CREATION




"Everywhere, everywhere
A tale is told to me--
It is told in the sunny air,
It is told on the sparkling sea.

"It is told in the forest brakes,
It is told on the purple hills,
By the silent mountain lakes,
By the singing and leaping rills.

"In the meadows that stretch away
As a sea of golden green,
With hedges of sweet white may
And the reedy brooks between.

"Where I wander and run and rest,
The tale is told to me,
The sweetest tale and the best
Of all the tales that be.

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"The tale is the tale of Jesus;