After the flight of untold centuries,
The freshness of her fair beginning lies,
And yet shall lie. Life mocks the idle hate
Of his arch-enemy Death; yea, seats himself
Upon the sepulcher, and blooms and smiles,
And of the triumphs of his ghastly foe

Makes his own nourishment. For he came forth From Thine own bosom, and shall have no end. 11. There have been holy men, who hid themselves Deep in the woody wilderness, and gave

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Their lives to thought and prayer, till they outlived
The generation born with them, nor seemed
Less aged than the hoary trees and rocks
Around them; and there have been holy men,
Who deemed it were not well to pass life thus.
But let me often to these solitudes
Retire, and, in Thy presence, reassure
My feeble virtue. Here, its enemies,

The passions, at Thy plainer footsteps, shrink,
And tremble, and are still.

O God! when Thou
Dost scare the world with tempests, set on fire
The heavens with falling thunderbolts, or fill,
With all the waters of the firmament,

The swift, dark whirlwind that uproots the woods,
And drowns the villages; when, at Thy call,
Uprises the great deep, and throws himself
Upon the continent, and overwhelms
Its cities;-who forgets not, at the sight
Of these tremendous tokens of Thy power,
His pride, and lays his strifes and follies by?
13. O! from these sterner aspects of Thy face

Spare me and mine; nor let us need the wrath
Of the mad, unchained elements, to teach

Who rules them.

MODEL SERIES.

Be it ours to meditate,
In these calm shades, thy milder majesty,
And to the beautiful order of Thy works
Learn to conform the order of our lives.

WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT.

CXXXVIII.-A SUMMER'S NIGHT.

1. The last high upward slant of sun on the trees, Like a dead soldier's sword upon his pall, Seems to console earth for the glory gone. O, I could weep to see the day die thus. The deathbed of a day, how beautiful! Linger, ye clouds, one moment longer there; Fan it to slumber with your golden wings. Like pious prayers, ye seem to soothe its end. 2. It will wake no more till the all-revealing day, When, like a drop of water, greatened bright Into a shadow, it shall show itself, With all its little tyrannous things and deeds, Unhomed and clear. The day hath gone to God,— Straight-like an infant's spirit, or a mocked And mourning messenger of grace to man. Would it had taken me too on its wings! My end is nigh. Would I might die outright!

PHILIP JAMES BAILEY.

I. ' ob jee' tion (-sh).

II. 'de tēr′mined;

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18

III. 1 tri umph' ant ly. VI. ' eoûrt'e sy ing;

4

5

thought' less ness; in eon vẽn' ience;

7

op por tu' ni ty; ae quaint' ance;

10

7

seam'per ing.

4

săe'ri ficed (-fizd). VIII. dep re da'tions. x.'e vap o ra'tion; "hand 'ker chief.

*These Lessons contain all the new words in this book. Each column has twenty-five words. The Roman characters correspond with the numbers of the selections, the figures with the paragraphs in which the words first occur. When two or more words are taken from the same paragraph, the first only is numbered. The spelling, pronunciation, and marking to denote sounds of letters, conform to Webster. For Key to Pronunciation, see pages 10 and 11.

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MODEL SERIES.

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WORD LESSONS.-PART FIRST.

XI. Continued.

rǎnk'ling yield'ing prin'ci ple

4 e mo'tion per mission

5 ma' tron eŭlt'ure ĕv'i dent

6

sul' lied prob'a bly in tĕg'ri ty "ôr'na ment whirl' wind In' fan cy rée're ant 8 de ceive' chăm pi on

2

3

4

foot prints
loi' ter

XV.

ap proach'

spokes
bound'a rieş

re trace'

Ăl'i

son

Sănders Ärm'strong yon'der

8

9

10

11

at těmpt'

pro prie tor

a head'

eye' brows

re main'der

12 buy'ing
13 book sell'er
14 Hǎv'er ly

15

glanc'ing

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1

2

coun'ter
ĕn' vied

XVIII.

At lăn’tie

sea' men 4 chärts

6

a băn’don

in ae'tion
'Liv'er pool

5

7

děf'i nĭte

10

se eured'

10

1

XIX.

1 Sŏl'o mon

im'i ta tors

va ri'e tieş 3 pinched (t) grăv'i ty eom'pli ment en grav'er * key hole păd'lock roach'es

4

7

pur suit' pate "fore' thought

8

9

re treat'

XX.

1 měd'al fling'ing 2 Am'herst eôr'di al ly

• eär' pet

7

sub dued'

Wil' bur

port fōl'io 19 badge

XIII. sports' man like.

XV. ' par

XXI. ' trīed; 'bēak; eb'on; 'guile; steadfast.

XIII. ' De eoyed', led .or enticed.

XIV. 2 Cov'et ed, eager

ly wished for; Ge ol' o gist, one who understands the

En cour' age ment, giving confidence of success.

XVIII. ' Däunt' less, bold, fearless;

for defense.

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XIX.

Bur lesque, ludicrous representation; Missile, weapons "Hu mil i a'tion, sense of shame, mortification. XX. "Ir reg u lăr'i ty, deviation from rule;

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8

eon sump' tion.

XXIV. 'im pos'si ble; mom'e ter. 4 XXXII. *erès cent; me du'sæ.

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ôr'na ment
dazzling

eǎe' tus

phos phōr'ie

XXII. Con elu'sion, decision, end. XXIII.2 Ver ti eal ly, uprightly; Mag nif'i cent, splendid, grand in appearance; Em'e rald, a precious stone of a rich green color. xxx. Ex as per ate, provoke; Se due' tive, flattering, tending to lead astray; Om'i nous, foreboding evil. XXXII. 'Lux n'ri ant, (lugz ya'-), abundant in growth; Sea a něm'o nes (zoological name Ae tin'i à), animals having form and appearance of flowers.