THE SILK WORM.
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BY CowPER.
The beams Of April, ere il goes,
A worm, scarce visible disclose;
All winter long content TO dwell
The tenant of his native shell.
The same prolific season gives
The sustenance by which he lives.
The mulberry leaf, simple store,
That serves him--ul he needs no more
For, his dimensions once complete,
Thenceforth none ever sees him eat
Though till his growing time be past
Scarce ever is he seen to fast,
That hour arrived, hisswork begins,
He spins and weaves, and weaves and spins ];
Till, circle upon circle, wound
Careless around him and around,
Conceals him with veil, though slight,
Impervious to the keenest sight.
Thus selfinclosed as in cask,
AT length he finishes his task
And, though worm when he was lost,
Or caterpillar at the most,
When next we see him wings he wears,
And in papilio pomp appears;
Becomes oviparous; supplies


With future worms and future flies
The next ensuing year-and dies
Well were it for the world if all
Who creep, about this earthly ball,
Though shorter-lved than most he be,
Were useful in their kind as he."
MEssRs. EDIToRs | have Just now, for the
first time, met with the above beautiful lines,
in the " Hand book of Needle work, by Miss
Lambert. | send you copy of them for in
sertion in the " Fountain" They present per-
fectly, and in few words, one Of the most IN
terestmg and useful objects oEthe Creators
hand. This insect teaches in the most perfect
manner, temperance, industry, and economy /,
and clothes millions with the products Of its
skill Its most precious web, in some form,
and to some extent, constitutes the apparel of
almost every individual. | hope copy OF these,
with those equally beautiful, entitled,


.sTHE SILK WORMS WILL"
BY Mrs. Gould, may be placed side by side
with those fine rich silks, of American growth
and manufacture, now exhibiting at the Ma
tional Fair-where may also be seen an inte-
resting family Of Silk Worms industriously
feeding upon their native food
A. g.. v. E..
WAsHINGToN, May %, 1916.