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the ear, enclosed in a kind of case, insensibly grows in it, and at· last shoots rth in admirable rm, r ti ed _with bearded spikes, which serve it as a guard against the injuries of the small birds. But, to view this wonder itself with our own eyes, to llow it at tentively through all its di erent changes, and pur sue it till it comes to perfection, is quite another spectacle. A care l master will nd in this exer cise the means of enriching the mind of his disciple with a great number of use l and agreeable ideas, and by a proper mixture of short re ections, will, at the same time, take care to rm his heart, and lead
him by the path of nature to religion.
ROLLIN.
- LESSON XII. HYMN TO THE B. V. MARY.
1. AvE MARIA! blessed Maid!
Lily of Eden's agrant shade:
Who can express the love
That nurtured thee so pure and sweet, Making thy heart a shelter meet
For Jesus, holy Dove?
2. Ave Maria! Mother bless'd!
To whom caressing and caress'd
Clings the eternal Child ;
Favour'd beyond archangel's dream When rst on thee with tenderest gleam
Thy new-born Saviour smiled.
3. Ave Maria! Thou whose name All but adoring love may claim,
