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Title: The Evergreen
Year: 1837 (1830s)
Authors: American Sunday-School Union
Subjects: Gift books
Publisher: Philadelphia : American Sunday School Union
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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e top of the head to the rump. Niew-hoff, a Dutch traveller, who visited the East Indiesin 1563, describes it as about the size of an ox; thesnout like that of a hog; the ears long and rough ;the tail thick and bushy; and the eyes placed up-right in the head, quite differently from those ofother quadrupeds. From each side of the head,near the ears, project two long horns, like tushes.It feeds on grass and herbs, and is very difficult totake. Some naturalists doubt, however, whethersuch an animal exists. 118 The other is the Cape Cat. This animal has along tail with black rings; the ears are erect, andedged with white. It is about the size of a dog;and its coat is of a bright tawny colour, varied andstriped like a tigers. Its appearance would makeus think it was a fierce and cruel animal, but it is really cowardly, and gets its prey by sly and cun-ning arts. It is found chiefly at the Cape of GoodHope, and in a wild state is very destructive ofhares, rabbits, young antelopes, and lambs.
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119 MY GOD, ALL NATURE OWNS THY SWAY. My God, all nature owns thy sway;Thou gr<:est the night, and thou the day:When all thy loved creation wakes,When morning, rich in lustre, breaks,And bathes in dew the opening flower,To thee we owe her fragrant hour;And when she pours her choral song,Her melodies to thee belong. Or when in paler tints arrayed,The evening slowly spreads her shade ;That soothing shade, that grateful gloom,Can, more than days enlivening bloom,Still every fond and vain desire,And. calmer, purer thoughts inspire;From earth the pensive spirit free,And lead the softened heart to thee. In every scene thy hands have drest, In every form by thee imprest, Upon the mountains awful head, Or where the sheltering woods are spread; 120 In every note that swells the gale,Or tuneful stream that cheers the vale,The caverns depth, or echoing grove,A voice is heard of praise and love. As oer thy work the seasons roll,And sooth, with change of bliss, the soul;Oh, never may their smil

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