At night my coronet I close;
Beneath the water I repose;
Nor from my crystal couch arise,
Until I see the eastern skies,
Dappled with gold and silver dyes.

The ripples murmur me to sleep,
The stars a watch around me keep
I see them in my chamber lie,
Bright as if burning in the sky,
And Lady of the Lake am I.

RASH PROMISES.

RASH promises are often made, And sometimes quickly broken, Because too little care is had

Of words thus promptly spoken.

Some fault you promise to amend,
And never more repeat it,
But, though sincerely you intend,
Something may still defeat it.

To guard against some future snare,
Some tempting provocation,

Of making promises beware,
On every small occasion.

A promise is a solemn tie,

When once the words are spoken, And bears the nature of a lie, If subsequently broken.

If any faults you would resist,

When conscience turns reprover,

The good intentions that exist,

Let deeds, not words, discover.

THE WORKS OF GOD.

GOD made the sun to shine by day,
The moon to shine by night;
And all the stars that sparkle so,
So very, very bright.

God made this world in which I live,
The sea and all the land;

And everything that lives and moves
Is nourished by His hand.

God made the flowers that bud and blow

About my little feet;

He made them look so very fine,

And smell so very sweet.

God made the little birds that sing
On every bush and spray;
Oh, how I wish that I had wings
To fly as well as they!

God made the lambs that skip and run,

In yonder mead all day;

Good little lambs, they are so kind,
They never fight, but play.

God gives me life, and food, and clothes,

And friends and all I need;

I cannot tell how good He is,
He's very kind indeed.

God bends His ear to all I say,
He hears an infant's praise
O may He teach my heart to love
And serve Him all my days.

God lives in heaven, that happy world,
Above the bright blue sky;

O may He take me there to dwell,
And praise Him when I die.

GOOD MANNERS.

IF good manners you wish to attain,
These maxims keep ever in view,
That your friends have no cause to complain
They find not good manners in you,—

Let cleanliness always be seen,

How simple soever your dress,

For the child who is tidy and clean

Will one point of good manners possess.

Never speak unless first spoken to;

Much talking will always offend; Be modest in all that you do,

And you will never want for a friend.

Never boast of the stores of your mind,
Or the number of things that you know,
Lest your friends should by questioning find
How little it is you can show.

A wish all nice dainties to share

By good manners is always suppress'd, For a well-behaved child will take care That his friends shall partake of the best.

If to these simple rules you attend,
And constantly keep them in view,
Each valued acquaintance and friend

Will acknowledge good manners in you.

LOVE TO OUR COUNTRY.
God bless our native land,
May Heaven's protecting hand
Still guard our shore.
May peace her power extend,
Foe be transformed to friend,
And Britain's rights depend
On war no more.

May just and righteous laws
Uphold the public cause,
And bless our Isle.

Home of the good and free-
The land of liberty—

We

pray that still on thee
Kind Heaven may smile.

And not this land alone,
But be Thy mercies known
From shore to shore.
Lord, make the nations see

That men should brothers be,

And form one family

The wide world o'er.

WHICH WAY DOES THE WIND BLOW!

WHICH way does the wind blow,

Which way does he go?

He rides over the water,

He rides over snow;