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Tous les autres exemplaires originaux sont fiimte en commenpant par la premiere page qui comporte une empreinte d'impress:on ou d'iilustration et en terminant par la derni^re page qui comporte une telle empreinte. Un des symboles suivants apparaftra sur la dernidre image de cheque microfiche, seion ie cas: Ie symbols — ► signifie "A SUIVRE ", ie symbols V signifie "FIN". Les cartes, planches, tableaux, etc., peuvent Atre filmAs A des taux de rAduction diffArents. Lorsque Ie document est trop grand pour Atre reproduit en un seul clichA, ii est fiimA A partir de I'angle supArieur gauche, de gauche A droite, et de haut en bas, en prenant ie nombre d'images nAcessaire. Les diagrammes suivants iliustrent la mAthode. •s ■s'- Ok ' at I 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 o ^p NS gong of the Flowering Girls Th e Lark and the Reapers An Elegy on that Pious Dog Hector Gonscienoe By REV. DR. JAMES BENSETT " ^SuSi t— -— - ST. JOHN, N. B. 1900. {< - t^A^ [These verses were not published till Dec. 7th, 189S]. SONG OF THK FLOWERING GIRLS. The distaff was displaced by the spinning-wheel, which be- came for many years the chief source of feminine industry and income. The application of the spinning-jenny to the pro- duction of linen yarn rendered the spinning-wheel a useless machine, and the women were inconsolable. But then came the flowering of muslin, which furnished employment to women for a long period, durin;]^ which the following lines were written in celebration of the trade : Three pretty peasant girls, •On a knoll in a flowery glade, Stitching the pencilled web. Sang the song of their trade. "Quickly the needle ply. Nimbly draw the thread, Raise the flower high On the soft muslin bed. Mother talks of the wheel And its deep humming sound. And the laugh of the merry spinsters The cottage walls around. And auntie tells how a sweetheart Sat by each spnmer's side. By the bright fire and clean hearth, When came the eventide. And oh ! it was merr}-, my sisters, then, In the days of the spinning wheel ; But pleasanter far it is for us Who ply the thread and steel. A queen's task is ours, And queens all are we, Sitting in our bowers Beneath the hawthorn tree." Ply the needle quickly, A revenue is ours ; Our imposts are on ladies' necks, bur taxes spring from flowers. Then each pale flower plant On the soft robe's sides, To adorn the forms of beauty, Sweet babies and sweet brides. * And when the gloamin' comes. And Cupid comes to toy. By his glowing torch a robe we'll stitch To deck the gallant boy. Tassagh, County Armap^h, 1848* V THE I.ARK AND THE REAPERS. The reaper's scythe was sounding In the ears of the golden corn, As he the swathe was grounding In the dewy autumn morn. The stalwart sheaves the binder flung, Behind him banded strong. And the comely stooks with hoods were hung, Lest rains might work them wrong. Then spake a lark to her callow brood : " 'Tis time to flee, my dears ; For the scythe is distant not a rood, And down this way it shears. These men care nought though tender birds Should mourn o'er hopes undone : No pity may we wake with words For the song-birds of the sun." The little ones their wings did flap : Alas ! they could not fly ; Their hungry mouths they held agape — For food they 'gan to cry. But on came the scythe a-sweeping. While the mother-bird in air Hung o'er the mower, weeping, That he her young would spare. The scythe just shore the stubble Above their little heads ; While, careless of their trouble, The mower onward treads. But the binder saw, when passing nigh » The little throats upraised, And looked on them with loving eye ; While down the mother gazed. "Come, Jack," said he, " set up a stook Above these infant birds : It will be writ in mercy's book. In holy, angel words ; And when the little ones are strong They'll tell of kindness done. While, soaring up with joyous song, They look upon the sun." The mother-lark, and eke her mate. Looked on them from on high, And sung a hymn at heaven's gate Of wondrous harmony : A hymn of blessing on the men — Their hearts they felt its thrill— Who dealt with birds in danger then Dear mercy's gentle will. 5 AN e:i,kgy On that Pious Dog, Hkctor, Kii^i^kd by thr Harvky Dog Pp;i.tkr. [A number of years a^o, at the conclusion of a congrega- tional meeting in Harvey Church, among other business, it was proposed, in order to allay the disturbance in the church arising from the dogs who accompanied their masters, an appointment should be made of that ancient church officer, well known in the border lands of England and Scotland, called "Dog Pelter." The proposition was carried ni'in con. A notice was put up on the door of the church, with the picture of a dog stretched in death—" Thus shall it be with any dog that enters this house." This pious dog, Hector, was the first to suffer from the Pelter, as saith the elegy]. A dog once lived near Harvey Church, Alas, he lives no more, The hills no longer hear his yelp, The household hearth his snore. He had a master kind and good, And pious, too, I ween ; Whene'er he went to church, the dog Close by his side was seen. His gravity did edify, Both during psalm and prayer. He listened as a Christian good, lyike those assembled there. \ Into the sacred sanctuary Came many other whelps Who did disturb the holy day With yowls and harks and yelps. Wherefore a stalwart " Pel ter," With club they did array, Order to keep among the dogs When they did sing and pray. ' ' But how shall I keep order Among the dogs that play ? " "Whatever dog doth enter here, Him shall ye kill and slay." On the next holy morning The Pelter took his place, Shaking his blackthorn fiercely — Death to the canine race. Some sportive dogs an entry made ' Mid voice of morning psalm ; Down came the Pelter' s cudgel L > 8 "Oh, that I will," quoth Alec Scott, "Come, Jun, along with me ; We'll drown her in the lint pool, Beneath the willow tree." We threw her in the lint pool, And on her piled the sods, And the poor thing sank to the bottom Beneath the dirty clods. "And oh ! and what is this I've done? I've murdered the poor ould cat." And I slunk away in silence And sat me down and grat. And when the school gaed out at e'en I turned the other way. The thought o' the poor auld drowning thing- It would na let me play. And aye, when I gae by the pool I look the other way, And the old man, aye, is sorry For the boy's deed done that day.