1. To walk in _choice gardens_, And from variety of curious flowers Contemplate nature's workmanship and wonders. MASSINGER. 2. You love to wander by old _ocean's_ side, And hold communion with its sullen tide, To climb the _mountain's_ everlasting wall, And linger where the _thunder-waters_ fall. SPRAGUE. 3. _Happy children at their play_, Whose hearts run over into song. J. R. LOWELL. 4. _Dogs_ of grave demeanor, All meekness, gentleness, though large of limb. ROGERS--_Italy_. 5. _Old legends_ of the monkish page, Traditions of the saint and sage, Tales that have the rime of age And character of eld. LONGFELLOW. 6. GENTLEMAN.-- A _lock_, a _leaf_, That some dear girl has given; Frail record of an hour, as brief As sunset clouds in heaven, But spreading purple twilight still High over memory's shadow'd hill. O. W. HOLMES. 6. LADY.--There's little that you care for now, Except a simple _wedding ring_. THOMAS MILLER. 7. _Fruits that have just begun To flush_ on the side that is next the sun. H. F. GOULD. 8. GENTLEMAN.--You do wish that you could be A _sailor_, on the rolling sea; In the shadow of the sails You would ride and rock all day, Going whither blow the gales, As you've heard the seamen say. L. S. NOBLE. 8. LADY.--By the _low cradle_ thou delight'st to sit Of sleeping infants, watching their soft breath. CHARLOTTE SMITH. 9. You like a _ring_, an ancient ring, Of massive form, and virgin gold; As firm, as free from base alloy As were the sterling hearts of old. G. W. DOANE. 10. There's a room you love dearly, the sanctum of bliss, That holds all the comforts you least like to miss; Where, like ants in a hillock, you run in and out, Where sticks grace the corner, and hats lie about, With book-shelves, where tomes of all sizes are spread, Not placed to be look'd at, but meant to be read. ELIZA COOK. 11. GENTLEMAN.--Ah, how glorious to be free, Your good _dog_ by your side, With _rifle_ hanging on your arm, To range the forest wide. E. PEABODY. 11. LADY.-- To look into the smooth Clear glass, Where as you bend to look, just opposite, A shape within the polish'd frame appears Bending to look on you. MILTON, _modified_.