Where he was born, till hunger drives him out, Jul. Helen, you know the adage of the tree; Of change, I ne'er have sighed for change. The town, I e'er should visit it-nor was I schooled To think it half so fair! Hel. Not half so fair! The town 's the sun, and thou hast dwelt in night E'er since thy birth, not to have seen the town! Their women there are queens, and kings their men ; Their houses palaces! Jul. And what of that? Have your town palaces a hall like this? Hel. Extremes are ever neighbors. 'Tis a step Of constancy-a woman's constancy— I should not wonder, wert thou ten years hence Jul. Never! I'm wedded to a country life. The tenants of men's hearts, lodge in their looks A heap for none that has a homely one! Hel. Aye: so says Master Walter. See I not To be so fond of him! Jul. He's fond of me. I've known him since I was a child. E'en then Men of great skill and learning, but not one What they'd show me, And I, dull as I was, but doubtful saw, A word from Master Walter made as clear As daylight! When my schooling days were o'er,-- I'm twenty, Helen !-well, as I was saying, When I had done with school, and all were gone, I've seen The snow upon a level with the hedge. Hel. Who comes here? A carriage, and a gay one,-who alights? Jul. For neither of us; He's Master Walter's clerk, most like. Hel. Most like! Mark him as he comes up the avenue; I'll learn of thee, love, when I'd know a clěrk! Hel. Would'st like to know? Would'st, for a fancy, ride to town with hím? Jul. He ne'er takes me to town. No Hélen, nò; Hel. We'll see! QUESTIONS.-1. What rules for the inflections as marked in the 3d paragraph? 2. Why is the circumflex employed in the 5th paragraph from the last! See Rule I., page 32. What adage does Julia refer to, on page 211, fourth line from top? Ans.— "'Tis Education forms the human mind; Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined' EXERCISE LXXII. SONG OF THE SHIRT. 1. With fingers weary and worn, 2. 3. 4. Stitch! stitch! stitch! In poverty, hunger, and dirt, THOMAS HOD. And still, with a voice of dolorous pitch, "Work! work! work! While the cock is crowing aloof! And work-work-work, Till the stars shine through the roof! Along with the barbarous Turk, Where woman has never a soul to save, "Work-work--work Till the brain begins to swim, Till the eyes are heavy and dim! ⚫ Seam, and gusset, and band, Till over the buttons I fall asleep, "Oh! men, with sisters dear! Oh! men, with mothers and wives ! Stitch-stitch-stitch, In poverty, hunger, and dirt, Sewing at once, with a double thread, 5. "But why do I talk of Death, That Phantom of grisly bone, Oh God! that bread should be so dear, 7. 6. 8. "Work-work-work! My labor never flags; And what are its wages? A bed of straw, That shatter'd roof-and this naked floor- And a wall so blank, my shadow I thank "Work-work-work! From weary chime to chime! As prisoners work for crime! Seam, and gusset, and band, Till the heart is sick, and the brain benumb'd, "Work-work-work! In the dull December light, And work-work-work, When the weather is warm and bright— While underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling, As if to show me their sunny baaks, And twit me with the Spring. |