8. When my soul wings her flight to the regions of night, And my corse shall recline on its bier, As ye pass by my tomb, where my ashes consume, 9. May no marble bestow the splendor of woe, Which the children of vanity rear! No fiction of fame shall blazon my name, All I ask, all I wish,-is a tear. QUESTIONS.-1. What is said in the 1st stanza of a tear? 2. What, in the 2d stanza, of a smile, and of a sigh? 3. What, in the 3d stanza, of charity? 4. What leading thought can you mention in the 4th stanza? 5. What is said of the soldier? 6. What allusion is made by the poet to the scenes of his youth? 7. What wish is expressed in the 8th stanza? 8. What, in the 9th? 9. What, in the last? LESSON CLVII. SPELL AND DEFINE.-1. CA PA' CIOUS, comprehensive. 2. AN CESTO' RI AL, ancestral; belonging to ancestors. 3. HE RED' IT A RY, descending from ancestors. 4. PUR' POS ED, resolved. 5. CAN' ON IZED, duly enrolled; legitimate. 6. BARDS, poets. 7. BRIT AN' NIA, Great Britain; England. 8. FAB' U LOUS, celebrated in fable; legendary. 9. EN TRANC ED, enraptured. 10. HOAR' Y, gray; whitened. 11. Cow' ER ING, quailing. 12. DIS SOLV ED, melted; softened. CON TEMPT U OUS LY, scornfully; disdainfully. 14. CON FOUND' ED, confused; abashed. 15. Woo' ED, courted; caressed. 16. BOIS' TEROus, turbulent. 17. IN CON CEIV' A BLY, in a manner beyond comprehension. 18. UN SUB STAN' TIAL, not solid or real; airy. LORD BYRON. ROBERT POLLOK. 1. Take one example, to our purpose quite, 13. 2. Above him seemed, Alone, the mount of song, the lofty seat, No cost was spared. What books he wished, he read; 3. Then travel came, and took him where he wished. With years; and drank from old and fabulous wells, Of ocean mused, and on the desert waste; Aught that could rouse, expand, refine the soul, 4. He touched his harp, and nations heard entranced. As some vast river of unfailing source, 5. Rapid, exhaustless, deep, his numbers flowed, And soared untrodden hights, and seemed at home, With Nature's self He laid his hand upon "the Ocean's mane," 6 Suns, moons, and stars, and clouds his sisters were; 7. With terror now he froze the cowering blood; And seemed to mock the ruin he had wrought 8. As some fierce comet of tremendous size, Of Fame's dread mountain sat: not soiled, and worn, But as some bird of heavenly plumage fair, He looked, which down from higher regions came, 9. The nations gazed, and wondered much, and praised, Critics before him fell in humble plight; Confounded fell; and made debasing signs To catch his eye; and stretched, and swelled themselves, Of admiration vast: and many too, Many that aimed to imitate his flight, With weaker wing, unearthly fluttering made, 10. Great man! the nations gazed, and wondered much, And praised and many called his evil good. Wits wrote in favor of his wickedness; He died-he died of what? Of wretchedness. Of fame; drank early, deeply drank; drank draughts 11. As some ill-guided bark, well built and tall, And moulder in the winds and rains of heaven; And cast ashore from pleasure's boisterous surge, A gloomy wilderness of dying thought, Repined, and groaned, and withered from the earth. 12. Proof this, beyond all lingering of doubt, That not in natural or mental wealth, And with the unsubstantial Shade of Time, QUESTIONS.-1. What is said of Byron's reading and observation! 2. What is meant by the clause "He touched his harp!" 3. To what is his poetry compared? 4. How does he compare with other poets 5. How did he treat Nature? 6. How did he treat all passions, all creeds, &c. 7. How did he regard the wreck which he had made? 8. How did he resemble a fierce comet? 9. How, some bird of heavenly plumage? 10. How was he regarded by some critics? 11. How was he honored? 12. How did he die? 13. Of what does Byron's life and death furnish a proof? LESSON CLVIII. SPELL AND DEFINE.-1. GOUT, a very painful chronic disease occurring by paroxysms, having its regular seat in the largest joint of the great toe. 2. Ac cus' Es, charges with a fault. 3. GLUT TON, ong who indulges to excess in eating. 4. COM PLAI SANT, courteous obliging. 5. RHET O RIC, power of persuasion. 6., A POL' O GY, excuse. 7. REO RE A TIONS, diversions. 8. TRUCE, intermission; temporary cessation. 9. AL LUDE', refer. 10. COM MO' DI OUS, Convenient. 11. ES TI MATE, computation. 12. RE PELS', drives back; forces to return. 13. AC CELER A TING, hastening; quickening. 14. AT TEN'U A TED, made thin, or less viscid. 15. FA CIL' I TA TED, made easy or easier. 16. AL LEG' ING, affirming; asserting. 17. IN su' PER A BLE, insurmountable. 18. FEED, retained by a fee. DIALOGUE WITH THE GOUT. ADAPTED FROM BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. Franklin. Eh! oh! eh! what have I done to merit these cruel sufferings? Gout. Many things; you have eaten and drank |