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 When I hear the psalm of the gifted Thrush, With a song of a mountain stream, And a child's sweet laugh, while the morn's a-flush, When Nature is all a-gleam—

Ah, then my soul is thrilled with delight And my mind sweeps every sea, 'Tis then I possess my musical might, And the angels visit me.

Photos by the Author.

A PERPETUAL KING

In a King on a throne and a King there to stay, You've a friendly old monarch who's ever upright. There are blessings for you and the men far away, In a King on a throne and a King there to stay. His robe is pure white, but the proud make it gay; Ah, what mercy, what power and amazing foresight In a King on a throne and a King there to stay— You've a friendly old monarch who's ever upright!