MARCH. BENEATH the sheltering walls the thin Dead winter's skeleton, left bleaching white, At noon, to patient herds, a frosty drink Of life is kindling every twig and stalk snow Of lowly meadow growths; the willows wrap Brings tiny burrowed creatures, peeping out Ah, March! we know thou art Mrs. H. H. Jackson. The very room, coz she was in, 'Twas kin' o' kingdom-come to look March 2. As unto the bow the cord is, J. R. Lowell. Though she bends him, she obeys him, H. W. Longfellow. All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone. March 3. R. W. Emerson. For both are his own, - the innocence That climbs from the heart of earth to heaven, And the virtue that gently rises thence Through trial sent and victory given. On every side he open was as day, W. D. Howells. That you might see no lack of strength within. H. D. Thoreau. For angels wait on Providence, J. G. Holland. I would choose to have my past as it is, March 5. Wert thou an untried dweller in the sky? March 6. He needs a guide no longer He need not search for ladders N. P. Willis. When on the topmost dome of heaven R. H. Stoddard. |