“No, though the spring be over; Though summer’s strength be gone; Though autumn’s wealth be garnered, And winter cometh on; “Still we have not departed. We linger to the last. And even on early winter’s brow A cheerful ray will cast!” Go forth, then, youths and maidens, Be joyful whilst ye may; Go forth, then, child and mother, And toiling men grown gray. Go forth, though ye be humble, And wan with toil and care; There are no fields so barren But some sweet flower is there! Flowers spring up by the highway Which busy feet have trod; They rise up in the dreariest wood; They gem the dullest sod. They need no learned gardeners To nurture them with care; They only need the dews of earth, The sunshine and the air. And for earth’s lowly children; For loving hearts and good, They spring up all around us, They will not be subdued. Thank God! when forth from Eden The weeping pair was driven, That unto earth, though cursed with thorns, The little flowers were given! That Eve, when looking downward, To face her God afraid, Beheld the scented violet, The primrose in the shade! Thank God, that with the thistle That sprang up in his toil, The weary worker, Adam, Saw roses gem the soil! And still for anxious workers; For hearts with anguish full, Life, even on its dreariest paths, Has flowers for them to cull! * * * * * THE PHYSIOLOGY OF DANDYISM. BY THOMPSON WESTCOTT. [Illustration: as gentleman dressed in tophat and coat with other men and boys looking at him] Like auriferous deposits in common quartz, the readers of Graham, the precious ore amidst duller literary encompassment, brighten the continent from Canada even to California. A few rich veins are to be found in large cities, but the valuable aggregate is scattered through the more rural portion of the country, where the free air whistles by, uncontaminated by the smoke of thousands of chimneys, and where night reigns in sable supremacy, and is not turned into decrepit day by blazing gas and brilliant illuminations. The great mass of Grahamites are, therefore, but slightly versed in the etiquette of towns, and know little of city follies and city pride.