A Lovely Lake

A lovely lake of sil ver bue. Perfect image of tUe sky, CoDtalns a bay ofgraceful curve Wbere handsome lillies lie. The banks so rnggrd, lofty , grand ; sui-h ne'er were aeen before, Tlie trees so solemn, stately, proud. Stand monarch8 of the shore. Beside the pretty water's edge Dalnty ripplets saunter Ín O'er pebbles, o'er sand, tben up the beach Now qulckly back agaln! Fur up a blrd Is soarlng past; 1(8 songa are sweot to me; Come l;u-k, - ah ye ! I hear you now, Slug, prelty sky-lark, gay and free. ín ni y bammock as I swing, Unraptured loog I gaze, Until u'eruome iny soul speaki forth olí wbat a paradlse t