6. Flowers, where the Shawnee hath his dwelling! "These grow around her father's home: And flowers upon her mother's grave- 7. "Chieftain!" exclaimed she, pointing high, And hark! the song-birds will not sing: 8. Go, warrior; when the sky is clear, Though timid love her virgin bosom shook. EXERCISE CLV. SONG OF THE LIGHTNING. G. W. CUTTER. 1. (") Away, away through the sightless air, For I would not dim my sandals fair And the journey ye make in a hundred years, 2 Though I can not toil like the groaning slave To ferry you over the boundless wave, What is his giant strength and speed? Would give that monster a flight indeed 3 No, no, I'm the spirit of light and love,-- I scatter the golden rays of fire On the horizon far below; And deck the skies where storms expire. 4. The deepest recesses of earth are mine,- Around me the starry diamonds shine, And oft I leap from my throne on high 5. My being is like a lovely thought A tone of music that ne'er was caught,- Where the fountains of sunlight play,- 6. With a glance I cleave the sky in twain, I light it with a glare, When fall the boding drops of rain, 7. From the Alps or the highest Andes' crag, From the peaks of eternal snow, The dazzling folds of my fiery flag The earthquake heralds my coming power, And the howling storms, at midnight hour 8. Ye tremble when my legions come,-When my quivering sword leaps out O'er the hills that echo my thunder drum, And rend with joyous shout; Ye quail on the land or upon the seas, 9. The hieroglyphs on the Persian wall, Where the Prophet read the Tyrant's fall, 10. At last, the hour of light is here, The words of truth and freedom's rays Shall rise upon the world. 1. (") But away, away through the sightless air, Stretch forth your iron thread, For I would not soil my sandals fair And the journey ye make in a hundred years I'll clear at a single bound. QUESTIONS.-1. With what modulation of voice should this piece be read? See notation marks, first and last stanzas. 2. To what is reference made in the ninth stanza? See Daniel v. 25. EXERCISE CLVI. 1. AK-NOLD WINK'-EL-RIED, a Swiss patriot, in the battle of Sempach, July 9, 1386, by the sacrifice of his life, enabled his countrymen to defeat the Austrian troops. In order to break the Austrian ranks, he rushed on them, grasped several lances, and heedless of the thrusts, bore them to the ground. His countrymen rushed through the opening thus made, and won the victory. 2. SIR HENRY VANE, one of the early governors of Massachusetts, on his return to England, rendered himself conspicuous by his public acts. On one occasion, on account of his advocacy for a Republican government, he was falsely accused of treason, condemned, and be headed, June 14, 1662. 3. LORD RUSSELL, an English nobleman of acknowledged probity, sincerity, and private worth, was unjustly condemned for treason and beheaded, July 21, 1683. BEAUTY,-THE MARK GOD SETS UPON VIRTUE. RALPH WALDO EMERSON. 1. The high and divine beauty which can be loved without effeminacy, is that which is found in combination with the human will, and never separate. Beauty is the mark God sets upon virtue. Every natural action is graceful. Every heroic act is also decent, and causes the place and the bystanders to shine. We are taught by great actions that the universe is the property of every individual in it. 2. Every rational creature has all nature for his dowry and estate. It is his, if he will. He may divest himself of it; he may creep into a corner, and abdicate his kingdom, as most men do; but he is entitled to the world by his constitution. In proportion to the energy of his thought and will, he takes up the world into himself. "All those things, for which men plow, build, or sail, obey virtue," said an ancient historian. "The winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators." So are the sun, and moon, and all the stars of heaven. |