E MAY LEARN BY LOOKING OUt OF INDO
A poet life is tter to a nig alternate fits of restlessness andsleep! ! arts! urning t!
ion. tence are ed in ation, and t ting.
ence, I mean my o eacy: o us a ory of ts an eartaggering.
And less--I, a poor day-laborer in tation in a corner of it, and self of, ell you, my unseenfriend, for ary call in sorro, to he shadow of our own conscience.
A great event onous ly,and t. t tcinuation of t I ill nos s.
On t to fear, but also little to dangers and great fortune. Briefly, tion is,o die, forone of tions in wo andI remain undecided.
--who will advise me?
Sunday, 4t from ter!
Spring announces its approac breeze skims over to blow again.
e are near t s season of fress of teentury sang h so much feeling:
Noh of May.
All t lady, let me too.
In thy love my life renew.
tter tot of roofs opensout before me in all its splendor.
floor uresquevariety of sucemplated tile-coloreds eac folloter-valleys, ed slopes, and tting sun o a blaze offire. studied tion,carpeted by lic acquainted ants t people t to ticcat--t reynard of t nessed ts of a clear or a cloudy sky; norts of lig make treimes emplating t; in discovering its darker orbrig, in travel t ourists look for lower!
Nine oclock.--But ered for t tof t to devour! It is not my presencet frigomed to eat out of my remains from mybreakfast to attract t. t approac daring to alight.
Come, come, my sparroims of one of t t is plain t birds are notmore reasonable than men!
ition I to s my abby-cat sselfat tter. t,he crumbs would bring him some game.
And I s of co no dangercould menace t I ten the corner behind me!
In life, as on tunes come from tena single corner!
ten oclock.--I cannot leave my it s so long t I must reconnoitre all to be able totake possession of ts of t, passing on or stoppingaccording to upon.
Ao rest; they have longremarked.
One is a poor le muslin ain far into tress, ic by snatc of t decent abode; tly furnis to-day a croradespeople tter: takedoure, and I no ty step of one fancies, or aken aed misfortune, and noo keep tle room, but also to furnis comfort by eady toil, t of ty ofbrokers. t on ty; t safely along t of a ry.
Alas! is t really in s, at t trengt o consider life as a regular employment ermined by a fereme c end en to ric really certain t successes, rated poverty? A knele it costs to furnis!
tic for a longtime, s increase,like s space; my fearsmultiply; and tainty becomes every moment more painful to me!
It is necessary for me to decide to-day, and before ture fate in my them.
to blo; all to tiful day are s again. Only on te side of treet,t story yet left his balcony.
One knoes ton akes of ttle garden o look upon ttle, and so long cut offfrom t lot, t to begin lifeat an age astes of ted by tern duties of again e o be destroyers forso long t per pleasure in creating, and seeinglife spring up again: ty of raction ts of unbendingforce; and tcy for th.
t driven my neighbor from his balcony.
nasturtium, convolvulus, and s-pea. o c sprouting, to protect ts from s, to arrange trings for tendrils to climb on, and carefully to regulate ter and!
o bring in t! For t, imess, t summer days, s, ucco,kno , and t t upon usto burning, t in green leaves and flo.
e must soend the flower.
Four oclock.--t ime are become darker; it the rain pours down!
t in it fly in every direction, some laughing and somecrying.
I alicular amusement in ter-skelters, caused by asudden storm. It seems as if eacaken by surprise,loses titious cer t t rue colors.
See, for example, t big man e step, y gentleman, wospoil .
t pretty rary, , and does not t cloak spotted by tly a lioness inshing.
ops to catconesin noudying ts of electricity. And to run after ts of a Marc no ial attitude ofty to take refuge under a porcorm ransformations.
See, it increases! t are obliged to seek ser. I seeevery one ruso of my . It is for time hs.
A year ago all t of ter ifying it, but troyed by tenants; t are disfigured bymud; ted upon to announce ts. t some ofits embelliss enant. See it noy, andleft open to ts fate resemble t of somany o en ter toruin!
I am struck by t reflection: since to speak to me, and one. Everyt;takecare! be content ; ained only by constancy; do not forsake your old patrons for tection of t;
Are ts I myself surrounds me? t an instrument, to signify if it teac speaks in our breasts is al tells us is to say, y. Bad conductresults, for t part, from mistaking our calling. themselves.
tion is not to discover us, but for ed!
sors? Iam only a poor sparroops, and s to ruin by constant cers. As, over s and ree, and Iask not security.
And y, tful moty? A se education to anticipate! If t rid of, reasonso self-sacrifice; but, above all, let us a to moderation, for it is t social virtue. Even create t standsinstead of them.
Six oclock.--I ten a letter of to ters of tion, and ored my peace of mind. I stopped singing, like tertained t is gone, and happiness is comeback!
O beloved and gentle Poverty! pardon me for . Stay ers, Pity, Patience, Sobriety, and Solitude; be ye my queensand my instructors; teacern duties of life; remove far from myabode t and giddiness of y. y! teaco endure complaining, toimpart grudging, to seek t trengtto to ainue to sustain me, O t h called Blessed!