The first in war, the first in peace, The first in hearts that freemen own; Unparalleled till time shall cease-- He lives, immortal and alone. Yet let the rock-hewn tower rise, High to the pathway of the sun, And speak to the approving skies Our gratitude to Washington. +----------------------------------------------------------------- + | Transcriber's Note: | | | | Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note. | | | | Punctuation and spelling were made consistent when a predominant | | form was found in this book; otherwise they were not changed. | | | | Ambiguous hyphens at the ends of lines were retained. | | | | The Clapper Rail illustration was moved from page 63 to page 62. | | | | Italicized words are surrounded by underline characters, | | _like this_. | | | | The Contents table were added by the transcriber. | +------------------------------------------------------------------+ End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Birds and all Nature Vol VII, No. 2, February 1900, by Various