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THE VOICE OF THE GRASS.

SARAH ROBERTS.

[Give in a simple, natural manner.]

Here I come creeping, creeping everywhere;
By the dusty roadside,

On the sunny hillside,
Close by the noisy brook,

In every shady nook→

I come creeping, creeping everywhere.

Here I come creeping, smiling everywhere;
All round the open door,
Where sit the aged poor;
Here where the children play,
In the bright and merry May,
I come creeping, creeping everywhere.

Here I come creeping, creeping everywhere;
In the noisy city street,

My pleasant face you'll meet,
Cheering the sick at heart,
Toiling his busy part-

Silently creeping, creeping everywhere.

Here I come creeping, creeping everywhere;
You cannot see me coming,

Nor hear my low, sweet humming,
For in the starry night

And the glad morning light

I come quietly creeping everywhere.

Here I come creeping, creeping everywhere;

More welcome than the flowers

In pleasant summer hours;

The gentle cow is glad,

And the merry bird not sad

To see me creeping, creeping everywhere.

Here I come creeping, creeping everywhere;
When you're numbered with the dead
In your still and narrow bed,
In the happy Spring I'll come

And deck your silent home-
Creeping, silently creeping everywhere.

Here I come creeping, creeping everywhere My humble song of praise

Most joyfully I raise

To Him at whose command

I beautify the land,

Creeping, silently creeping everywhere.

THE FOUNTAIN.

JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL.

[With expression.]

Into the sunshine,

Full of the light,

Leaping and flashing
From morn till night,

Into the moonlight,

Whiter than snow,
Waving so flower-like

When the winds blow!

Into the starlight

Rushing in spray,

Happy at midnight,

Happy by day!

Ever in motion,

Blithesome and cheery,

Still climbing heavenward,

Never aweary;

Glad of all weathers,

Still seeming best,

Upward or downward,

Motion thy rest.

Full of a nature

Nothing can tame,

Changed every moment-
Ever the same.

Ceaseless aspiring,

Ceaseless content,

Darkness or sunshine

Thy element.

Glorious fountain,

Let my heart be
Fresh, changeful, constant,
Upward, like thee!

TWILIGHT.

LONGFELLOW.

[Tenderly.]

The twilight is sad and cloudy,

The wind blows wild and free,
And like the wings of sea birds
Flash the white caps of the sea.

But in the fisherman's cottage
There shines a ruddier light,
And a little face at the window
Peers out into the night.

Close, close it is pressed to the windo

As if those childish eyes

Were looking into the darkness

To see some form arise,

And a woman's waving shadow

Is passing to and fro, Now rising to the ceiling

Now bowing and bending low.

ACTING PLAYS.

(CONTINUED.)

103. Faust and Marguerite. 114. Anything A Drama, in three Acts. By T.

W.

Robertson Nine Male, Seven Female Characters.

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Love. - A
By Frederick
one Female
..15 cts.
108. Mr. Scroggins.-A Farce,
in one Act. By William Han-
cock. Three Male, three Female
Characters. Price..
.15 ct s
109. Locked In.-A Comedietta,
in one Act. By J. P. Wooler.
Two Male, three Female Charac-
ters. Price...... .......15 cts.
110. Poppleton's Predica-
ments.-A Farce, in one Act.
By Charles M. Rae Three Male,
six Female Characters.
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111. The Liar.-A Comedy, in
two Acts. By Samuel Foote.
Altered and adapted by Charles
Matthews. Seven Male, two Fe-
male Characters. Price....15 ets.
112. Not a Bit Jealous.-A
Farce, in one Act. By T. W.
Robertson. Three Male, three
Female Characters. Price. 15 cts.
113. Cyril's Success.-A_Com-
edy, in five Acts. By H. J. By-
ron. Nine Male, five Female
Characters. Price.........15 cts.

Farce, in one Act.
Hay. Two Male,
Character. Price...

115. New

for

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ACTING PLAYS.

(CONTINUED.)

Breaking
Drama.

47; or, the Ban.-A three Acts. By

In Adolphe Belot. Eleven Male, five Female Characters. Price..15 cts. 138. Pell and Partner Joe; or, The Pride of Putney, and the Pressing Pirate.

A new and original Nautical Burlesque. By F. C. Burnand. Seven Male, six Female Characters. Price.......... ..15 cts.

125. Deerfoot.-A Farce, in one | 137. L'Article
Act. By F. C. Burnand, Esq.
Five Male, one Female Character.
Price.......
..........15 cts.
126. Twice Killed.-A Farce,
in one Act. By John Oxenford.
Six Male, three Female Charac-
ters. Price.... .......15 cts.
127. Peggy Green.-A Farce,
in one Act. By Charles Selby.
Three Male, ten Female Charac-
ters. Price..
..15 cts.
128. The Female Detective.
-An Original Drama, in three
Acts. By C. H. Hazlewood.
Eleven Male, four Female Char-
acters. Price..............15 cts.
129. In for a Holiday.—A
Farce, in one Act. By F. C. Bur-
nand, Esq. Two Male, three Fe-
male Characters. Price....15 cts.
130. My Wife's Diary.-A
Farce, in one Act. By T. W.
Robertson. Three Male, one Fe-
male Character. Price....15 cts.
131. Go to Putney.-An Origi-
nal Farce, in one Act. By Harry
Lemon. Three Male, four Fe-
male Characters. Price....15 cts.
132. A Race for a Dinner.-
A Farce, in one Act. By J. T. G.
Rodwell. Ten Male Characters.
Price.....
......15 cts.
133. Timothy to the Rescue.
-An Original Farce, in oue Act.
By Henry J. Byron, Esq. Four
Male, two Female Characters,
Price..

.15 cts.

134. Tompkins the Troubadour.-A Farce, in one Act. By Messrs. Lockroy and Marc Michel. Three Male, two Female Characters. Price.........15 cts. 135. Everybody's Friend.

An Original Comedy, in three Acts. By J. Stirling Coyne, Esq. Six Male, five Female Characters. 136. The Woman in Red.A Drama, in three Acts and a Prologue. By J. Stirling Coyne, Esq Six Male, eight Female, Characters. Price.........15 cts.

139. Joy is Dangerous.-A
Comedy, in two Acts. By James
Mortimer. Three Male, three
Female Characters. Price..15 cts.
140. Never Reckon your
Chickens.-A Farce, in one
Act. By Wybert Reeve. Three
Male, four Female Characters.
Price..
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or, The
Polish Jew.-A Komantic
Moral Drama, in three Acts. By
Henry L. Williams, Jr. Nine
Male, three Female Characters.
Price....
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142. Dollars and Cents,-An
Original American Comedy, in
three Acts. By L. J. Hollenius,
Esq Ten Male, four Female
Characters. Price.........15 cts.
143. Lodgers and Dodgers.
-A Farce, in one Act. By
Frederick Hay. Four Male, two
Female Characters. Price.. 15 cts.
144. The Lancashire Lass;
or, Tempted, Tried, and
True.-A Domestic Melo-
drama, in four Acts and a Pro-
logue. By
Byron.
Henry J.
Twelve Male, three Female Char-
acters. Price...
...15 cts.

141. The Bells;

145. First Love.-A Comedy, in one Act. By L. J. Hollenius, Esq. Four Male, one Female Character. Price.........15 cts. 146. There's no Smoke

Without Fire.-A Comedietta, in one Act. By Thomas Picton. One Male, two Female Charatera. Price.........15 cts.

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