5. A. Flag of the brave, thy folds shall fly,
The sign of hope and triumph, high.
When speaks the signal trumpet-tone,
And the long line comes gleaming on
(Ere yet the life-blood, warm and wet,
Has dimmed the glist'ning bayonet),
6. M*. Each soldier's eye shall brightly turn
To where thy meteor-glories burn,
And, as his springing steps advance,
Catch war and vengeance from the glance;
And, when the cannon-mouthings loud
Heave, in wild wreaths, the battle-shroud,
And gory sabres rise and fall,

Like shoots of flame on midnight's pall! 7. A. There shall thy victor-glances glow,

8. A.

10. C.

And cowering foes shall shrink beneath
Each gallant arm that strikes below

That lovely messenger of death.

Flag of the seas, on ocean's wave
9. A. Thy stars shall glitter o'er the brave,
When death, careering on the gale,
Sweeps darkly round the bellied sail,
And frightened waves rush wildly back,
Before the broadside's reeling rack;
The dying wanderer of the sea
Shall look at once to heaven and thee,
And smile to see thy splendors fly,
In triumph, o'er his closing eye.
Flag of the free hearts' only home,
By angel-hands to valor given,
Thy stars have lit the welkin dome,

11. B.
12. A. And all thy hues were born in heaven :
13. B. For ever float that standard sheet !
14. A.

Where breathes the foe, but falls before us,
With Freedom's soil beneath our feet,

And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us?

THE CLOUD.-Shelley.

1. B. I BRING fresh showers for the thirsting flowers, From the seas and the streams;

2. B. I bear light shade for the leaves when laid In their noon-day dreams.

3. A. From my wings are shaken the dews that waken
The sweet birds every one,

When rocked to rest on their mother's breast,
As she dances about the sun.

4. I. I wield the flail of lashing hail,

And whiten the green plains under,

5. C. And then again I dissolve it in rain, And laugh as I

pass in thunder. 6. B. I sift the snow on the mountains below, And their great pines groan aghast ; 8. A. And all the night 'tis my pillow white,

7. A.

9. A.

11. A.

While I sleep in the arms of the blast.
Sublime on the towers of my skiey bowers,
Lightning my pilot sits;

10. A. In a cavern under, is fettered the thunder,
It struggles and howls at fits;
Over earth and ocean, with gentle motion,
This pilot is guiding me,

12. B.

13. A.

Lured by the love of the genii that move
In the depth of the purple sea:

Over the rills, and the crags, and the hills,
Over the lakes and the plains,

Wherever he dream, under mountain or stream,
The spirit he loves remains ;

.14. A. And I, all the while, bask in heaven's blue smile,
Whilst he is dissolving in rains.

15. A. The sanguine sunrise, with his meteor eyes, And his burning plumes outspread,

Leaps on the back of my sailing rack,

When the morning star shines dead;

As on the jag of a mountain crag,

Which an earthquake rocks. and swings,

An cagle alit one moment may sit

In the light of its golden wings.

And when sunset may breathe, from the lit sea beneath,
Its ardors of rest and love,

And the crimson pall of eve may fall

From the depth of heaven above,

16. A. With wings folded, I rest, on mine airy nest, As still as a brooding dove.

17. A. That orbed maiden with white fire laden,

Whom mortals call the moon,

18. C.

Glides glimmering o'er my fleece-like floor,
By the midnight breezes strewn ;

And wherever the beat of her unseen feet,
Which only the angels hear,

May have broken the woof of my tent's thin roof,
The stars peep behind her and peer;

19. A. And I laugh to see them whirl and flee,
Like a swarm of golden bees,

A.

When I widen the rent in my wind-built tent,
Till the calm rivers, lakes, and seas,

Like strips of the sky fallen through me on high,
Are each paved with the moon and these.
20. E. I bind the sun's throne with a burning zone,
And the moon's with a girdle of pearl;
The volcanoes are dim, and the stars reel and swim,
When the whirlwinds my banner unfurl.
From cape to cape, with a bridge-like shape,
Over a torrent sea,

22. C.

23. A. Sunbeam proof, I hang like a roof,

24. A.

The mountains its columns be.

25. A. The triumphal arch through which I march
With hurricane, fire and snow,

When the powers of the air are chained to my chair,
Is the million-colored bow:

26. B. The sphere-fire above, its soft colors wove,

While the moist earth was laughing below. 27. C. I am the daughter of earth and water, And the nursling of the sky;

28. A. I pass through the pores of the ocean and shores : 29. A.—30. A, I change, but I cannot die.

REMARK The Teacher may find it a profitable and interesting exercise, to require of his pupils answers to the following questions on each of the foregoing Sentences, as they are numbered.

What is the Subject of Sentence number- ?

What is the Predicate?

Has it an Object? if so, what is the Object?

What Adjuncts has the Subject?

What Adjunct words?-Phrases?-Sentences?

What Adjunct words-Phrases-Sentences has the Predicate?

Add other questions, as occasion may require, until each Proximate Element in a Principal Sentence is fully recognized by the pupil.

COMMON (L1)

or

PROPER (L2).

Prin. LXIX. A Noun, being the S

Subject of a Sentence, is a

"Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight."

Def. 60. A Common Noun, is a name, used to designate one or more of a class or sort of beings or things. EXAMPLES. Man, Animal, Wisdom, Mind, Volition.

"The proper study of mankind is man."

Let Sentences be made, having Common Nouns for their Subjects.*

NOTE. In the definition of common Nouns

are generally included

COLLECTIVE,

ABSTRACT and Nouns.
VERBAL.

[See Clark's Grammar, page 43.]

Def. 61. A Proper Noun, is a name appropriated to an individual person or place, or to a thing personified.

EXAMPLES. Columbus discovered America.

Brooklyn is situated opposite New York.

Come, gentle Spring, ethereal mildness, come."

Let other Sentences be written, illustrating each clause of the above Definition.

*As one important object in learning the Science of the English language, is to secure the Art of properly using it, it is suggested to the Teacher, that he require his pupils to write one or more Sentencesoriginal-corresponding to each sentence given in these EXAMPLES. Let the Teacher see, that the Sentences thus written, are grammatically correct, and also, that each Sentence shall illustrate the Principle or Definition under consideration

Pri. LXX. A Pronoun, being the Subject of a Sentence, is

RELATIVE (M2),
PERSONAL (M1),
INTERROGATIVE (M), or
ADJECTIVE (M4).

EXAMPLES. "I asked them whence their victory came."

"Them that honor me, I will honor."

"Who will show us any good?"

"Some deemed him wondrous wise."

Def. 62. A Personal Pronoun (M,), is a Pronoun whose form determines its Person and Number. EXAMPLES. "And oft have I the painful lesson conned." "You wronged yourself to write in such a case." "He dares not touch a hair of Catiline."

Let Original Sentences be written-using the Italicised words. [For a LIST of Personal Pronouns, see Grammar, p. 54.]

Def. 63. A Relative Pronoun (M2), is a Pronoun, used to introduce a Sentence which qualifies its Antecedent.

EXAMPLES.

"The man that dares traduce because he can,

With safety to himself, is not a man."

"She points the youth to the pure shrine which crowns the summit of the hill of Science."

"The man who acts from such noble principles, will be honored."

Let the words in Italic be used in Original Sentences.

Def. 64. An Interrogative Pronoun (M,), is a Pronoun that is used to ask a question.

EXAMPLES.

"Who will show us any good?"

"What can compensate for loss of character ?"

"Which takes the precedence?"

Let the Pupils make additional Examples.

Def. 65. An Adjective Pronoun (M), is a definitive word used to supply the place of a Noun which it defines. EXAMPLES. "Some deemed him wondrous wise."

"The good alone are great."

Let the Pupils make additional Examples.

[For other Examples, and tor Explanatory Obs., see Grammar, p. 56.]