His kindred circles all mankind, his country all the globe,
An honest name his jeweled star, truth his ermine robe.

VII.

He wisely yields his passions up to reason's firm control:
His pleasures are of crimeless kind, and never taint the soul.
He may be thrown among the gay and reckless sons of life,
But will not love the revel scene, or heed the brawling strife.

VIII.

He wounds no breast with jeer or jest, yet bears no honeyed tongue;

He's social with the gray-haired one, and merry with the young. He gravely shares the council speech, or joins the rustic game, And shines as Nature's gentleman, in every place the same.

IX.

No haughty gesture marks his gait, no pompous tone his word,
No studied attitude is seen, no palling nonsense heard;
He'll suit his bearing to the hour,-laugh, listen, learn, or teach,
With joyous freedom in his mirth, and candor in his speech.

X.

He worships God with inward zeal, and serves him in each deed;

He would not blame another's faith, nor have one martyr bleed⚫ Justice and mercy form his code; he puts his trust in Heaven; His prayer is,-"If the heart mean well, may all else be for given !"

ΧΙ.

Though few of such may gem the earth, yet such rare gems there

are,

Each shining in his hallowed sphere, as virtue's polar star.
Though human hearts, too oft are found, all gross, corrupt and

dark,

Yet, yet, some bosoms breathe and burn, lit by Promethean1 spark.

XII.

There are some spirits, nobly just, unwarped by pelf or pride, Great in the calm, but greater still, when dashed by adverse tide; They hold the rank no king can give, no station can disgrace; Nature puts forth her gentleman, and monarchs must give place.

QUESTIONS.-1. Why the falling inflection on gentleman, first line, first stanza? 2. Why the falling on the knave, fool, and brute, same line See Rule II. page 27. 3. On what principle is the word her emphatic, in the second and twelfth stanzas? See Note VII. p. 22

EXERCISE XLIII.

THE HERITAGE.

JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL.

1. The rich man's son inherits lands,

And piles of brick, and stone, and gold,

And he inherits soft, white hands,

And tender flesh that fears the cold,
Nor dares to wear a garment old;
A heritage, it seems to me,
One scarce would wish to hold in fee.

2. The rich man's son inherits cares;

The bank may break, the factory burn,
A breath may burst his bubble shares,
And soft, white hands could hardly earn
A living that would serve his turn;
A heritage, it seems to me,
One scarce would wish to hold in fee.

3. The rich man's son inherits wants,

His stomach craves for dainty fare;
With sated heart he hears the pants
Of toiling hinds with brown arms bare,
And wearies in his easy chair;

4.

A heritage, it seems to me,

One scarce would wish to hold in fee.

What doth the poor man's son inherit ?
Stout muscles and a sinewy heart,

A hardv frame, a hardier spirit;
King of two hands, he does his part
useful toil and art;

In

every

A heritage, it seems to me,

A king might wish to hold in fee.

5. What doth the poor man's son inherit ?
Wishes o'erjoyed with humble things,
A rank adjudged with toil-won merit,
Content that from employment springs,
A heart that in his labor sings;
A heritage, it seems to me,
A king might wish to hold in fee.

6. What doth the poor man's son inherit?
A patience learned by being poor,
Courage, if sorrow come, to bear it,
A fellow-feeling that is sure

To make the outcast bless his door;
A heritage, it seems to me,

A king might wish to hold in fee.

7. O rich man a son! there is a toil, That with all other level stands;

Large charity doth never soil,

But only whiten, soft, white hands, This is the best crop from thy lands; A heritage, it seems to me,

Worth being rich to hold in fee.

8. O

poor man's son! scorn not thy state; There is worse weariness than thine,

In merely being rich and great;

Toil only gives the soul to shine,
And makes rest fragrant and benign;
A heritage, it seems to me,

Worth being poor to hold in fee.

9. Both, heirs to some six feet of sod,
Are equal in the earth at last;
Both, children of the same dear God,
Prove title to your heirship vast
By record of a well-filled past;

A heritage, it seems to me,
Well worth a life to hold in fee.

EXERCISE XLIV.

TRUE ESTIMATE OF CHARACTER.

TATTLER

1. It is to me a very great meanness, and something much below a philosopher, which is what I mean by a gentleman, to rank a man among the vulgar for the condition of life he is in, and not according to his behavior, his thoughts, and sentiments, in that condition. For, if a man be loaded with riches and honors, and in that state of life has thoughts and inclinations below the meanest artificer; is not such an artificer, who, within his power, is good to his friends, moderate in his demands for his labor, and cheerful in his occupation, very much superior to him who lives for no other end but to serve himself, and assumes a preference in all his words and actions to those who act their part with much more grace than himself?

2. Epictetus has made use of the similitude of a stage-play to human life with much spirit. "It is not," says he, “to be considered among the actors, who is prince, or who is beggar,

but who acts prince or beggar best." The circumstance of life should not be that which gives us place, but our behavior in that circumstance is what should be our solid distinction

3. Thus, a wise man should think no man above him or below him, any further than it regards the outward order or discipline of the world; for, if we conceive too great an idea of the eminence of our superiors, or subordination of our infe riors, it will have an ill effect upon our behavior to both. He who thinks no man above him but for his virtue, none below him but for his vice, can never be obsequious or assuming in a wrong place; but will frequently emulate men in rank below him, and pity those above him.

4. This sense of mankind is so far from a leveling princi ple, that it only sets us upon a true basis of distinction, and doubles the merit of such as become their condition. A man in power, who can, without the ordinary prepossessions which stop the way to the true knowledge and service of mankind, overlook the little distinctions of fortune, raise obscure merit, and discountenance successful indesert, has, in the minds of knowing men, the figure of an angel rather than a man; and is above the rest of men in the highest character he can be, even that of their benefactor.

EXERCISE XLV.

NOVELTY.

HENRY GROVE.

1. One advantage of our inclination for novelty is, that it annihilates all the boasted distinctions among mankind. Look not up with envy to those above thee! Sounding titles, stately buildings, fine gardens, gilded chariots, rich equipages, what are they? They dazzle every one but the possessor, to him that is accustomed to them, they are cheap and regar less things: they supply him not with brighter images or