CONTENTS. COSMICAL ARRANGEMENTS. REPRODUCTION OF VEGETABLES. PAGE REPRODUCTION OF ANIMALS. III. SUNDAY. On the Destruction of the World, and the Renovation of the Human Frame in a future State, The Animal Structure.-Gastric Juice-Muscular Power PAGE AGRICULTURE. PAGE Vegetable Substances used for Weaving. The Flax Plant, 342 SACRED PHILOSOPHY OF THE SEASONS. SPRING. FIRST WEEK-MONDAY. GENERAL CHARACTER OF SPRING IN TEMPERATE CLIMATES. SPRING has been celebrated in glowing terms by the poets of all ages, but in the climate of Britain, the weather is by no means so mild and delightful, especially in the early part of this season, as it is painted. In Greece and Rome, indeed, which were the birth-places and nurseries of European poetry, the temperature of the air, the pure blue of the sky, the soft green of the opening leaves, the thousand delicate tints of the flowers scattered so profusely on swelling hill, and sweeping valley, with the perfume which they exhale, and the music poured from every grove-all unite to fill every sense with enjoyment. There, the descriptions of the enraptured muse are true to nature, and the inhabitants of such latitudes feel that the language of poetry is only a transcript of their own sensations. But it is not so in more northern climates, such as our own. Our bards, indeed, equally kindle and burn when Spring is their theme; but they glow with a borrowed warmth. Their VOL: II. A |