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pious pilgrimage to the shades of Vernon, is Washington indeed shut
up in that cold and narrow house? That which made These men, and
men like these, car.not die. The hand that traced the charter of
independence is, indeed, motionless ; the eloquent lips that sustained it
are hushed; but the lofty spirits that conceived, resolved, and main­
tained it, and which alone, to such men, u make it life to live," these
cannot expire:
"These shall resist the empire of decay
When time is o’er and worlds have passed a wav ;
•L * *
Cold in the dust the perished heart may lie.
But that which wanned it once can never die,”
E d w a r d E v e r e t t ,

A LAUGHIN<! CHORUS.

[Read in a bright, cheery maimer and vi'ich a heart, y laugh -where c&1leii for, J
O H, such a commotion under the ground
When March called, “ Ho, there t lio !If
Such spreading of rootlets far and wide I
Such whispering to and fro !
Aild "Are yuu ready > ” the Snow-drop asked,
" ’Tis lime to start, von know!"
11 Almost, my dear/ the Scilla replied;
“ I'll follow as soon as you go."
Then “ Ila.! ha! ha/”' a chorus came
Of laughter, soft and low,
From the millions of flowers under the ground—
Yes, millions— beginning to grow.

" I l l promise iny blossoms/' the Crocus said,
“ When I hear the bluebirds s;ng.13
And straight, thereafter, Narcissus cried,
“ My silver and gold I ’ll bring.”
And ere they are dulled,” another spoke,
“ The Hyacinth bells shall ring.”