When sprout the elm buds, Spring is near;
When lilacs blossom, Summer cries,
Bud, little rose! Spring is here.
—Lowell.
Sixth Pupil.
When we plant a tree, we are doing what we can to make our planet a more wholesome and happier dwelling-place for those who come after us, if not for ourselves.
—O.W. Holmes.
Seventh pupil.
"It is no exaggerated praise to call a tree the grandest and most beautiful of all the productions of the earth."
—Gilpin, Forest Scenery.
Eighth pupil.
Kind thoughts are the roots,
Kind words are the blossoms,
Kind deeds are the fruits."
Ninth pupil.
We plant the ship which will cross the sea.
We plant the mast to carry the sails;
We plant the planks to withstand the gales—
The keel, the keelson, and beam and knee;
We plant the ship when we plant the tree.
Tenth pupil.
We plant the houses for you and me.
We plant the rafters, the shingles, the floors,
We plant the studding, the lath, the doors,
The beams and siding, all parts that be;
We plant the house when we plant the tree.
Eleventh pupil.
A thousand things that we daily see;
We plant the spire that out-towers the crag,
We plant the staff for our country's flag,
We plant the shade, from the hot sun free;
We plant all these when we plant the tree.
—Henry Abbey.
4. TREE PLANTING SONG.
PLANTING OF THE TREE.
J.D. Burrell.
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5. PATRIOTIC RECITATION.
UNION AND LIBERTY.
Borne through our battle-fields' thunder and flame,
Blazoned in song and illumined in story,
Wave o'er us all who inherit their fame!
Pride of her children, and honored afar,
Let the wide beams of thy full constellation
Scatter each cloud that would darken a star!
Bearing the standard of Liberty's van?
Think not the God of thy fathers shall fail thee,
Striving with men for the birthright of man!
Dawns the dark hour when the sword thou must draw,
Then, with the arms of thy millions united,
Smite the bold traitors to Freedom and Law!
Sprinkled with starry light,
Spread its fair emblems from mountain to shore;
While through the sounding sky,
Loud rings the Nation's cry,—
Union and Liberty!—one evermore!
—Oliver Wendell Holmes.
6. ADDRESS OR READING OF SOME SELECTION FROM ANOTHER PART OF THIS PAMPHLET.
7. MARCHING FROM THE FIELD. (TO FOLLOWING TUNE.)
WOODMAN, SPARE THAT TREE.
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8. BREAKING RANKS AND DISMISSAL.
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