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upon a company, may be, it is evident there must be a native obtuseness and vulgarity in the mind of the individuals who thus offend, or they would wait, before they spoke, to tune their voice to some degree of harmony with the feelings of those around them. Thus we have noticed a few of the abuses of conversation, and of such we have, perhaps already, had more than enough, though the catalogue might easily be continued through many volumes.

QUESTIONS.-1. What great mistake is mentioned in the first verse? 2. How have all experienced disappointment? 3. What is said of those who talk about themselves? 4. Of the talkers of mere common place? 5. Of those who converse on subjects interesting merely to themselves? 6. Of random talkers? 7. What must evidently be in the mind of such individuals?

There are twenty four capital letters in the fourth and fifth verses;— how do you account for each?

LESSON LXXIV.

SPELL AND DEFINE.-1. Hanimoc, a hanging bed, suspended by cords. 2. Secreted, concealed; hid. 3. Ecstasy, excessive joy; rapture. 4. Impearled, decorated, as with pearls. 5. Larums, alarms; gives notice of danger. 6. Shrouds, large ropes extending from the top of a mast to each side of a ship, to support the mast. 7. Fathom, a measure of six feet. 8. Circle, to move round or in a circle.

Be careful to avoid a singing tone in reading this lesson.

The Young Mariner's Dream.-DIMOND. i. In slumbers of midnight the sailor boy lay,

His hammoc swung loose at the sport of the wind, But, watch-worn and weary, his cares flew away, And visions of happiness danced o'er his mind.

2. He dreamed of his home, of his dear native bowers, And pleasures that waited on life's merry morn;

While

memory each scene gayly covered with flowers, And restored every rose, but secreted its thorn.

3. Then fancy her magical pinions spread wide,

And bade the young dreamer in ecstasy rise;-
Now far, far behind him, the green waters glide,
And the cot of his forefathers blesses his eyes

4. The jasmine clambers with its flowers o'er the thatch, And the swallow sings sweet from her nest in the wall All trembling with transport, he raises the latch,

And the voices of loved ones reply to his call.

5. A father bends o'er him with looks of delight; His cheek is impearled with a mother's warm tear; And the lips of the boy in a love-kiss unite

With those of a sister, whom his bosom holds dear.

6. The heart of the sleeper beats high in his breast,

Joy quickens his pulses, his hardships seem o'er; And a murmur of happiness steals through his rest

"O God! thou hast blest me; I ask for no more." 7. Ah! whence is that flame which now bursts on his eye! Ah! what is that sound which now larums his ear? 'Tis the lightning's red glare, painting wrath on the sky! 'Tis the crashing of thunders, the groan of the sphere!

8 He springs from his hammoc-he flies to the deck-
Amazement confronts him with images dire-
Wild winds and mad waves drive the vessel a wreck-
The masts fly in splinters-the sh: ouds are on fire !

9. Like mountains the billows tremendously swell:
In vain the lost wretch calls on mercy to save;
Unseen hands of spirits are ringing is knell,
And the death-angel flaps his broad wing o'er the wave.

10. O sailor boy! wòe to thy dream of delight!

In darkness dissolves the gay frost-work of bliss ; Where now is the picture that fancy touched bright, Thy parents' fond pressure, and love's honied kiss?

11. O sailor boy! sailor boy! never again

Shall home, love, or kindred, thy wishes repay; Unblessed, and unhonored, down deep in the main," Full many a score fathom, thý frame shall decay.

12. No tomb shall e'er plead to remembrance for thee,

Or redeem form or fame from the merciless surge; But the white foam of waves shall thy winding-sheet be, And winds, in the midnight of winter, thy dirge !

13. On a bed of green sea-flower thy limbs shall be laid;
Around thy white bones the red coral shall grow;
Of thy fair, yellow locks threads of amber be made,
And every part suit to thy mansion below.

14 Days, months, years, and àges, shall circle away,
And still the vast waters above thee shall rōll';
Earth loses thy pattern for ever and aye:-

O sailor boy! sailor boy! peace to thy soul.

QUESTIONS.-1. Where was the sailor boy asleep? 2. Of what did he dream? 3. What did he fancy he saw? 4. How received? 5. By what was he awakened? 6. What did he do? 7. How is the storm described? 8. What was the fate of the sailor boy?

Which verses of this lesson should be read in a sprightly tone of voice, expressive of joy? Which in a hurried tone, indicative of fright, or sudden alarm? Which in a plaintive tone? What poetic pauses does this poetry contain? Between what words in the first line does the demi-cesura occur? What Rule for the falling inflection on roe, tenth verse? Why the rising on the repetition of boy, eleventh verse? (Rule V.) What example of the monotone in the last verse?

LESSON LXXV.

4.

Spell and DefINE.—1. Vernal, belonging to spring, or to youth, the spring time of life. 2. Perennial, perpetual. 3. Jovial, joyous. Despond, to despair of obtaining. 5. Conned, learned; committed to memory. 6. Recluse, shut up; retired. 7. Corrode, to wear away by degrees. 8. Venomed, poisoned. 9. Unvanquished, not subdued; unconquered. 10. Diffused, spread.

The Treasure that Waxeth not Old.-D. HUNTINGTON.
1. O, I HAVE loved, in youth's fair vernal morn,
To spread imagination's wildest wing,
The sober certainties of life to scorn,

And seek the visioned realms that poets sing-
Where Nature blushes in perennial spring,

Where streams of earthly joy exhaustless rise,
Where Youth and Beauty tread the choral ring,
And shout their raptures to the cloudless skies,
While every jovial hour on downy pinion flies.
2. But, ah! those fairy scenes at once are fled,
Since stern Experience waved her iron wand,
Broke the soft slumbers of my visioned head,
And bade me here of perfect bliss despond.

And oft have I the painful lesson conned;
When Disappointment mocked my wooing heart,
Still of its own delusion weakly fond,

And from forbidden pleasures loth to part,

Though shrinking oft beneath Correction's deepest smart 3. And is there naught in mortal life, I cried,

Can sooth the sorrows of the laboring breast?
No kind recess. where baffled hope may hide,
And weary Nature lull her woes to rest?
O grant me, pitying Heaven, this last request,-
Since I must every loftier wish resign,

Be my few days with peace and friendship blessed;
Nor will I at my humble lot repine,
Though neither wealth, nor fame, nor luxury be mine.
4. O give me yet, in some recluse abode,
Encircled with a faithful few, to dwell,
Where power can not oppress, nor care corrode,
Nor venomed tongues the tale of slander tell;
O bear me to some solitary cell,

Beyond the reach of every human eye;
And let me bid a long and last farewell

To each alluring object 'neath the sky,
And there in peace await my hour-in peace to die.
5. "Ah vain desire!" a still small voice replied,

"No place, no circumstance can Peace impart:-
She scorns the mansion of unvanquished Pride,
Sweet inmate of a pure and humble heart;-
Take then thy station-act thy proper part;-
A Savior's mercy seek, his will perform:
His word has balm for sin's envenomed smart,

His love, diffused, thy shuddering breast shall warm; His power provide a shelter from the gathering storm." 6. O welcome hiding place! O rèfuge meet

For fainting pilgrims, on this desert way ! O kind Conductor of these wandering feet

Through snares and darkness, to the realms of day! So did the Sun of righteousness display

His healing beams; each gloomy cloud dispel: While on the parting mist, in colors gay,

Truth's cheering bow of precious promise fell,

And Mercy's silver voice soft whispered-" All is well'

QUESTIONS. 1. What had the writer loved when young? 2. Where are those scenes? 3. What have Experience and Disappointment done? 4. What does he ask in the third and fourth verses? 5. In what verse is a reply given, and by what is it given? 6. What is it that is an inmate of a humble heart, fifth verse? 7. Who is the Conductor mentioned in the sixth verse?

Why do Nature, Youth, Beauty, Experience, &c., begin with capitals? (See general questions, page 55.) How should the quotation in the last line be read? What pause before the quotation, also in the last line of the fourth verse? Are the questions at the beginning of the third verse direct or indirect? What Rule for the falling inflections, first line, sixth verse?

LESSON LXXVI.

SPELL AND DEFINE.-1. Indecision, want of settled purpose of mind. 2. Apprehend, to conceive in the mind. 3. Idiot, a fool from his birth. 4. Lunatic, an insane person. 5. Pastime, amusement; diversion; sport. 6. Beholden, indebted; bound in gratitude. 7. Quiver, a case or sheath for arrows.

Select Sentences.

1. We are never made so ridiculous by the qualities we have, as by those we affect to have.

2. There is no revenge more heroic, than that which torments envy, by doing good.

3. Before we passionately desire any thing which another enjoys. we should examine into the happiness of its possessor. 4. We promise according to our hopes, and perform according to our fears.

5. A contented mind and a good conscience, will make a man happy in all conditions.

6. When our hatred is violent, it sinks us even beneath those we hate.

7 The sure way to be cheated is, to fancy ourselves more cunning than others.

8. He who tells you the faults of others, intends to tell others of your faults.

9. We appear great in an employment below our merit; but often little in one that is too high for us.

10. There is as much eloquence in the tone of voice, in the look, and in the gesture of a speaker, as in the choice of his words.

11. We need not be much concerned about those faults, which we have the courage to own

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