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ract. But the stream continues to pour down, and this concentered and impressive symbol of the power of Omnipotence, proclaims his majesty through the forests from age

to age.

5. An earthquake, the eruption of a volcanic mountain, the conflagration of a city, are all spectacles, in which terror is the first and predominant emotion. The most impressive exertion of human power, is only seen in the murderous and sickening horrors of a conflict between two mighty armies. These too are only transient exhibitions of sublimity. But after we have stood an hour at the foot of these falls, after the eye has been accustomed to look at them without blenching, after the ear has become familiarized with the deafening and incessant roar, when the mind begins to calculate the grandeur of the scale of operations upon which nature acts, then it is that the entire and unmingled feeling of sublimity rushes upon it, and this is, probably, the place on the whole globe, where it is felt in its most unmixed simplicity.

1. "How dreadful is this place!" for God is here!
His name is graven on th' eternal rocks,

As with an iron pen and diamond's point;
While their unceasing floods his voice proclaim,
Oft as their thunder shakes the distant hills.

2. O! if the forest trees, which have grown old
In viewing all the wonders of the scene,
Dó tremble still, and cast to earth their leaves,—
Familiar as they are with things sublime-
Shall not the timid stranger here unloose
His sandals, ere he treads on "holy ground,"
And bow in humble worship to his God?

3 For unto such as do approach with awe
This bright creation of the Immortal Mind,
Methinks there comes, amid the deafening roar
Of" many waters," yet a
"still small voice,"
Which saith, "Ye children of the dust, fear not,—
Know that this God, this awful God, is yours!"

4. Yes, here have wrath and peace together met-
Justice and Mercy sweetly have embraced;

For o'er the terrors of the

angry

flood.

The bow of promise and of beauty hangs;
When in the sunbeams, with its matchless hues,
Or as a silver arch on evening's brow,

Saying, "God's works are marvelous and great,
But ah! when understood, his name is Love."

MRS. E. C. STEDMAN,

QUESTIONS.-1. Describe the river from Lake Erie to the falls. 2 What are our feelings on first viewing the falls? 3. What is said of other objects of sublimity in comparison with this ?4. What did the writer mean by the bow of promise,' last verse?

What example of a succession of similar sounds is found in the second verse? What inflection prevails in the second verse of the poetry? What inflection at saith, third verse?

LESSON XXXVIII.

SPELL AND DEFINE.-1. Void, an empty space. 2. Sculptured, carved out from wood or stone. 3. Insatiate, never satisfied. 4. Yawnings, wide openings.

A Scene on the banks of the Hudson.-BRYANT.

1. CooL shades and dews are round my way,

And silence of the early dày;

'Mid the dark rocks that watch his bed,
Glitters the mighty Hudson spread,

Unrippled, save by drops that fall

From shrubs that fringe his mountain wall;
And o'er the clear, still water swells

The music of the Sabbath bells.

2. All, save this little nook of land
Circled with trees, on which I stand;
All, save that line of hills which lie
Suspended in the mimic sky-

Seems a blue void, above, below,

Through which the white clouds come and go;
And from the green world's farthest steep
I gaze into the airy deep.

3. Loveliest of lovely things are they

On earth, that soonest pass away.
The rose that lives its little hour,
Is prized beyond the sculptured flower.
Even love, long tried and cherished long,
Becomes more tender and more strong,

At thought of that insatiate grave
From which its yawnings can not save.
4. River, in this still hour thou hast
Too much of heaven on earth to last;
Nor long may thy still waters lie,
An image of the glorious sky.
Thy fate and mine are not repose,
And ere another evening close,
Thou to thy tides shalt turn again,
And I to seek the crowd of men.

QUESTIONS.-1. At what time of day is the scene described? 2. Give description of the scene, as con' ained in the first two verses? 3. What earthly things soonest pass away? 4. What address is made to the river, last verse? 5. What is meant by the 'airy deep,' last line of the second verse ?

Which has the more intense degree of emphasis, the first or second all, in the second verse? What inflection at River, last verse? (Rule IV. Note 1.) Why are Thou and I emphatic in the last two lines? (Les. VIII. Note VIII.)

LESSON XXXIX.

SPELL AND DEFINE.-1. Sire, a father. 2. Intellect, the faculty of understanding; the mind. 3. Score, an account or reckoning; literally, twenty in number. 4. Formally, out of regard to mere form. 5. Croesus, (Cre'sus) a very wealthy king of ancient Lydia. 6. Meet, suitable. 7. Comprehension, capacity of knowing, or understanding. 8. Preferred, placed before as to value.

The Rich Man and the Poor Man.-KHEMNITZER.

1. So goes the world;-if wealthy, you may call

This friend, that-brother;-friends and brothers all;
Though you are worthless, witless-never mind it;
You may have been a stable boy-what then?
"Tis wealth, my friends, makes honorable men.
You seek respect, no doubt, and you will find it.

. But if you are poor, heaven help yoù! though your
Had royal blood in him, and though you
Possess the intellect of angels too,

'Tis all in vàin;-the world will ne'er inquire
On such a scòre-why should it take the pain?
"Tis easier to weigh purses, sure, than bráins.

sire

3. I once saw a poor fellow, keen and clever, Witty and wise—he paid a man a visit, And no one noticed him, and no one ever

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Gave him a welcome. "Strange," cried I, "whence is it?'
He walked on this side, then on that,

He tried to introduce a social chat;
Now here, now thère, in vain he tried;
Some formally and freezingly replied,

And some said by their silence-"Better stay at home.

4. A rich man burst the door,

As Croesus rich;-I'm sure

He could not pride himself upon his wit;
And as for wisdom, he had none of it;
He had what's better, he had wealth.

What a confusion!—all stand up erect-
These crowd around to ask him of his health,
These bow in honest duty and respect;
And these arrange a sofa or a chair,
And these conduct him there.

"Allow me, sir, the hònor;"―Then a bow
Down to the earth-Is't possible to show
Meet gratitude for such kind condescension?

5. The poor man hung his head,
And to himself he said,

"This is indeed beyond my comprehension:"
Then looking round, one friendly face he found,
And said-"Pray tell me why is wealth preferred
To wisdom?"-"That's a silly question, friend!"
Replied the other-" have you never heard,
A man may lend his store

Of gold or silver ore,

But wisdom none can borrow, none can lénd ?”

QUESTIONS.-1. Of what advantage is wealth often? 2. How are the poor many times regarded? 3. Give an account of the two visitors, one of whom was poor and the other rich. 4. What really renders persons worthy of respect ?

Why is honorable read with the circumflex, first verse? Why honest, fourth verse? What inflection does an independent member of a sentence require? What the direct question? What the indirect? How do you account for the different inflections in the last line of the second verse? Why the rising inflection at the last word in the piece? What do you understand by Italic words?

LESSON XL.

SPELL AND DEFINE.-1. Apologue, a moral fable. 2. Impregnable, able to resist attack; immovable. 3. Pensile, supported above the ground; hanging. 4. Thoroughfares, passages; unobstructed ways. 5. Hilarity, mirth; gayety. 6. Multitúdinous, consisting of a great number or multitude. 7. Dev as ta'tion, desolation; destruction of the works of art and nature. 8. Expanse, a wide extent of space. 9. Preservative, havng the power to preserve or keep safe from injury or decay. 10. Ebb and flow,-ebb, a falling of the tide-flow, a rising of the tide. 11. Corroded, eaten or worn away gradually. 12. Prematurely, before the proper time; too soon. 13. Curtailed, shortened; abridged. 14. Effaced, rubbed or worn out. 15. Discrimination, the act of distinguishing or observing a difference.

Time and the Traveler.--N. Y. MIRROR.

AN APOLOGUE.

1. A TRAVELER, contemplating the ruins of Babylon, stood with folded arms, and, amid the surrounding stillness, thus expressed the thoughts which the scene inspired:"Where, oh where, is Babylon the great, with her impreg nable walls and gates of brass, her frowning towers, and her pensile gardens? Where are her luxurious palaces and her crowded thoroughfares? The stillness of death has succeeded to the active bustle and joyous hilarity of her multitudinous population-scarcely a trace of her former magnificence remains, and her hundreds of thousands of inhabitants have long been sleeping the sleep of death in unknown and unmarked graves. Here thou hast been busy, O Time, thou mighty destroyer!"

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2. The traveler having finished his soliloquy, there appeared before him a venerable person of mild aspect, who thus accosted him: "Traveler, I am Time, whom thou hast called the mighty destroyer, and to whose ruthless sway thou hast attributed the melancholy desolation which is here spread out to the view. In this charge thou hast wronged me. Mortals have mistaken my character and office. their pictorial representations, I am always exhibited as wielding a sythe, as if my only purpose was to mark my way with havoc. But, behold me!-although aged, my step has the elasticity of youth; my hands grasp no instrument of destruction; my countenance expresses no fierce and cruel passions. Deeds of devastation are wrongfully attributed to me, and here I appear to vindicate my name.

3. "Since this beautiful world has sprung from chaos, I

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