O velvet bee, you're a dusty fellow, O columbine, open your folded wrapper, And show me your nest with the young ones in it; I am old! you may trust me, linnet, linnet— I am seven times one to-day. Jean Ingelow. .7. BEAUTIFUL GRANDMAMMA. Grandmamma sits in her quaint arm-chair; A trust in God, and a hope in heaven. Little girl Mary sits rocking away In her own low seat, like some winsome fay; And another one lies by the side of her chair; Cheeks of roses, and ribbons of blue. "Say, Grandmamma,” says the pretty elf, When you were little, what did you play? Did you have a mamma to hug and kiss? Grandmamma smiled at the little maid, The Grandmamma opened the box, and lo! Hand all dimpled, and teeth like pearls,— "Oh! who is it?" cried winsome May, Say, dear Grandmamma, who can she be?" 66 May looked long at the dimpled grace, And then at the saint-like, fair old face : "How funny!" she cried, with a smile and a kiss, "I think, dear Grandma, I like you best." So May climbed on the silken knee, And grandmamma told her history: What plays she played, what toys she had, How at times she was naughty, or good, or sad. "But the best thing you did," said May, "don't you see? Was to grow a beautiful grandma for me.” Anon. .8. VAGRANT PANSIES. They are all in the lily-bed, cuddled close together- How they ever got there, you must ask the April weather, Why they should go visiting the tall and haughty lilies They don't have a good time, I think, their little faces I wonder, don't they feel among the garden's airs and graces Ah, my pretty pansies, it's no use to go a-seeking; There's nothing left for you, my pets, but just to do your duty Bloom, and make the world sweet-that's the best for you; There isn't much that's lovelier than your bashful beauty, My purples, my Yellow Cap, my little Baby Blue. *9* Nelly M. Hutchinson. NURSERY SONG. As I walked over the hill one day, I listened and heard a mother sheep say, "In all the green world there is nothing so sweet As my little lammie with his nimble feet, With his eyes so bright, |