DINING OUT.

BY J. G. ADAMS.

LIGHTLY in this summer sun,
Stroll those feet away;
Gayly do the moments run,

On this welcome day;
Grateful in the quiet glade,

'Neath the old oak tree, Is the cool and sheltering shade, To this child so free.

Blessings on her sunny brow,

And her happy heart;

Would that I in freedom now

Shared some little part

In that rustic ramble where

Bird and insect sing,

And on that soft noontide air,

Hums each buoyant wing.

Dining out! no princely guest In the palace hall,