In The Forest

ad i w.it s raoumful ehangc is lere, Since last. 1 stood beneath there trees: WlK'ti In th sunny Eummer time Tbeir grien leavi'R tmnbled on the breeze. Then happy birJs. wlth j iyfu.1 8 ng, Fllleú dl the air wit music sweet. 'l ii.n til foreet ranp wlth t-Iee, Aud flowers blossomed at iny leet. The birds are flown, tbe HnwerB Rone, The leaves f all slowly fluttertng; Beneatb the trees they fall and spread A oíd acd crimson carpetlng. Tüere'a nBUitht but silente all around. A eoli'mn stlllness cv'rywbere; A RidnfES o'ir the fallen íeaes, A sadceSB In the very air. Prom Seep, dim recef se there comes Ttie oilor of decavln.i leaves; The wind, amonje the naked bousb9, ín hoarse and hollow murmur grleves. Bes idi' ttu rocks, so cold and gray The lone fern bangs a drooping head ; Herc f addenid nature f cems to mourn A iummcr-tlme iorever dead. .. ,