See! a rocket cleaves the sky

From the Fort-a shaft of light! See! it fades, and, fading, leaves Golden furrows on the night!

What made Mabel's cheek so pale? What made Mabel's lips so white? Did she see the helpless sail

That, tossing here and there, Like a feather in the air, Went down and out of sightDown, down, and out of sight? O, watch no more, no more,

With face against the pane;

You can not see the men that drown By the Beacon in the rain!

From a shoal of richest rubies

Breaks the morning clear and cold; And the angel of the village spire,N Frost-touched, is bright as gold. Four ancient fishermen,

In the pleasant autumn air, Come toiling up the sands,

With something in their hands,

Two bodies stark and white,

Ah, so ghastly in the light,

With sea-weed in their hair!

O ancient fishermen,

Go up to yonder cot!

You'll find a little child,

With face against the pane,

Notes.

Who looks toward the beach,
And, looking, sees it not.
She will never watch again!

Never watch and weep at night!
For those pretty, saintly eyes
Look beyond the stormy skies,

And they see the Beacon Light.

- Beacon Light here means the light of a light-house. The angel of the village spire means the figure of an angel used as a vane on the spire of the village church.

Elocution. -State the changes of sentiment that occur in the poem, and how each part should be read.

The repetitions-“Making moan, making moan," "To and fro, to and fro," should be rendered in a slow and measured manner. Language.-Point out and explain the figure of comparison used in the first part of this poem.

Composition. - How many different pictures are presented in the poem? Arrange the names of these pictures in order, and state whether they would make a complete analysis of the story.

68.-GENEROUS REVENGE.

băn'ish ment, the state of be

ing expelled from one's country.

elĕm'en çy, mildness.

ap păr'el, clothing.

ben'e fǎe'tor, helper.

trăns' pört, delight.

lěn'i ty, kindness; humanity.

măg' is tra çy, executive office of

a government.

pre dle'tion, a foretelling.

pa tèr’nal, fatherly.

re versed', altered; overthrown

by a contrary decision.

Ŏr'i gin, birth; beginning.

Once, when the Republic of Genoa was divided between the factions of the nobles and the people, Uberto, a man of low origin, but of an elevated mind and of superior talents, having raised himself to be the head of the popular party, main

tained for a considerable time a democratic form of government.

The nobles at length succeeded in changing this state of things, and regained their former power. They used their victory with considerable rigor; and, in particular, having imprisoned Uberto, proceeded against him as a traitor, and thought, after seizing all his property, that they displayed sufficient lenity in passing a sentence upon him of perpetual banishment.

Adorno, who was then possessed of the first magistracy, in pronouncing this sentence upon Uberto, aggravated its severity by the insolent terms in which he conveyed it. "You," said he, "you, the son of a base mechanic, who have dared to trample upon the nobles of Genoa-you, by their clemency, are only doomed to shrink again into the nothingness from which you sprung."

Uberto received his condemnation with respectful submission to the court; yet, stung by the manner in which it was expressed, he could not forbear saying to Adorno, that perhaps he might some time find cause to repent the language he had used to a man capable of sentiments as elevated as his own.

He went to settle on one of the islands in the archipelago belonging to the state of Venice. Here his industry and capacity in mercantile pursuits raised him in the course of years to greater wealth than he had possessed in his most prosperous days at Genoa; and his reputation for honor and generosity equaled his fortune.

Among the places which he frequently visited as a merchant, was the city of Tunis, at that time in

N

friendship with the Venetians, though hostile to most of the other Italian states, and especially to Genoa.

As Uberto was on a visit at the country house of one of the first men of that place, he saw a young Christian slave at work in irons, whose appearance excited his attention. The youth seemed oppressed with labor to which his delicate frame had not been accustomed, and while he leaned at intervals upon the instrument with which he was working, a sigh burst from his full heart, and a tear stole down his cheek.

Uberto eyed him with tender compassion, and addressed him in Italian. The youth eagerly caught the sounds of his native language, and replying to the inquiries of Uberto, informed him that he was a Genoese.N

"And what is your name, young man?" said Uberto. "You need not be afraid of confessing to me your birth and education."

66

"Alas!" he answered, "I fear my captors already suspect enough to demand a large ransom. My father is, indeed, one of the first men in Genoa. His name is Adorno, and I am his only son."

"Adorno!" Uberto checked himself from uttering more aloud, but to himself he cried, "Thank heaven! then I shall be nobly revenged!"

He took leave of the youth, and immediately went to inquire after the corsair captain who claimed a right in young Adorno, and having found him, demanded the price of his ransom. He learned that he was considered as a captive of value, and that less than two thousand crowns would not be accepted.