F the apples bloomed to-day,

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It would be pink, and would be May;

If great gold roses opened soon,

Then it would be yellow June ;

If it snowed-O, I remember!

It would be white, and be December.

Just because it's grey and blue,

April! April! that means you.

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CONDUCT MOTTOES FOR APRIL BIRTHDAYS.

All good and no badness.- John Skewton.

From labor there shall come forth rest. Longfellow.

Each good thought moves the dark world nearer to the sun.-Whittir.

If it rains, let it rain - we shall not drown.- Alice Cary.

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His boyhood was of manliest hue.- Bryant.

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Now know, that to crow, often brings one to woe.- S. C. Foster.

Work they find, they do with their might.-A. D. T. Whitney. 8. With happy youth and work content Jean Ingelow.

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Words of friendship, comfort and assistance.- Longfellow.

All thy spirit braced to noble ends.- W. W. Story.

And their souls were sweet as the day new-born.- Dr. Holland.
I hold it sinful to despond. -Celia Thaxter.

Be then thy conscience as the eternal rock.-Trowbridge.
Lifting Better up to Best.- Emerson.

Obeying Duty's every-day behest.- Stedman.

They fail, and they alone, who have not striven.-Aldrich.
His words are bonds.- - Shakespeare.

Know thy joy ere it passes, barefoot boy.—Whittier.
I'll be as patient as a gentle stream.- Shakespeare.

In the field of Destiny, we reap as we have sown.— Whittier,
Hasty climbers soonest fall.- William Byrd.

I grow in a straight line, upwards.- George Herbert.
In a false quarrel there is no true valour.- Shakespeare.

He speaks best who hath the skill to hold his peace.- Vaux.

25. Scorning to revenge an injury.- Lady Carew.

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One thing is found good, that one thing is success.-
It would ill become me to be vain.- Shakespeare.

A simple, loyal nature, pure as snow. Aldrich.
The law of love prevails.- Longfellow.

Whether the prize be a ribbon or throne,

The victor is he who can go it alone.-J. G. Saxe.

Emerson.

Then let us still be doing

Whate'er we find to do

With an earnest, willing spirit

And a strong hand free and true.

APRIL 4TH.

Happy, happy liver

Francis D. Gage.

With a soul as strong as a mountain river,
Pouring out praise to the Almighty giver.

APRIL 5TH.

Wordsworth.

We know that it's spring when the hooples And tops, balls and marbles are out; When boys that have moped all the winter Begin to stir lively and shout.

Mrs. Walsh.

And her smile it seems half holy
As if drawn from thoughts more far
Than our common jestings are.

Mrs. Browning.