* the earth and the the sun. Daughter of ear' hand I am the daughter of earth and water,* water, the vapour of And the nursling * of the sky; which the clouds are formed is raised from I pass through the pores of the ocean and 75 shores ; water by the heat of I change, but I cannot die. Nursling, child For after the rain, when with never a stain Pavilion of heaven, the sky; because it The pavilion of heaven * is bare, appears to be spread And the winds and sunbeams with their conout over our heads * gleams like a canopy or tent. Convex, curved like Build up 80 the outer surface of I silently laugh at my own cenotaph, * a ball or globe. And out of the caverns of rain, Cenotaph, an empty tomb, or memoriai Like a child from the womb, like a ghost from built to a person who the tomb, is buried elsewhere. I arise and unbuild it again. vex ADVICE TO A YOUTH.—Jonson. * value. 5 person, * here own one's IO Thrive, to succeed. LEARN to be wise, and practise how to thrive; That would I have you do: and not to spend Bauble, a trifle, a Your coin on every bauble * that you fancy, thing of very small Or that humours you. Foolish brain, a silly I would not have you to invade each place, Nor thrust yourself on all societies, Desert, being worthy of reward ; merit. Till men's affections, or your own desert, * Rank means Should worthily invite you to your rank.* proper He that is so respectless * in his courses, position in society. Respectless , wanting Oft sells his reputation * at cheap market. in self-respect. Nor would I you should melt away yourself Reputation, character, good name. In flashing bravery,* lest, while you affect Courses, habits. To make a blaze of gentry to the world, Flashing bravery, ex. A little puff of scorn extinguish it; . Affect, pretend. And you be left like an unsavoury snuff, Blaze of gentry, pre. Whose property is only to offend. tending to be in a position superior të I'd have you sober, and contain yourself, that which one holds. Not that your sail be bigger than your But moderate your expenses now, at first, As you may keep the same proportion still : Your gentility, the Nor stand so much on your gentility, fact of your being a Which is an airy and mere borrowed thing, gentleman by birth. From dead men's dust, and bones ; and none * a 15 boat; 20 of yours, Except you make, or hold it. THE RÉVEILLÉ.*—Bret Harte. BRET HARTE (1835– ) is a popular American writer, and author of some humorous poems. HARK! I hear the tramp of thousands, And of armed men the hum; Saying, “ Come, Freemen, come! Ere your heritage * be wasted,” said the quick Heritage, that which alarming drum. one claims by right 5 * ot birth. “Let me of my heart take counsel :* Counsel, advice. War is not of life the sum ; But the drum Echoed, to give back solemn-sounding drum. 15 “ But when won the coming battle, What of profit springs therefrom ? But the drum Answered, “ Come ! Yankee-answering drum. Conquest, that which is obtained by force. Subjugation, to conquer, to bring under power. 20 thrown 25 “ What if, ʼmid the cannons' thunder, Bomb, a large hollow ball or shell of iron When my brothers fall around me, filled with gunpowShould my heart grow cold and numb ?» * der, to be from a mortar, so as But the drum to explode when it Answered, “Come! falls. Better there in death united, than in life a Numb, deprived of feeling. recreant,*-come !" Recreant, coward, * Réveillé, the beat of drum or sound of trumpet at daybreak (Fr, réveiller, to awake, to stir up). 30 Thus they answered, --hoping, fearing, Some in faith, and doubting some, Then the drum, Lo! was dumb, answered, “Lord, we come!” 35 THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS.-Longfellow. * Schooner, a ship with two masts. It was the schooner * Hesperus, That sailed the wintry sea ; To bear him company. Skipper, the captain of a merchant ship. 5 Blue were her eyes as the fairy flax, Her cheeks like the dawn of day, That ope * in the month of May. Ope, open. IO The skipper, he stood beside the helm, His pipe was in his mouth ; The smoke now west, now south. * Then up and spake an old sailor, Had sailed the Spanish Main : * "1 pray thee put into yonder port, For I fear the hurricane.* 15 Veering, varying, changeable. Flaw, a sudden gust of wind, usually termed a squall. Spanish Main, that part of the Atlantic Ocean which washes the north part of South America, from the Leeward Islands to the Isthmus of Darien. The term is also applied to the coast. Hurricane, a furious storm. Golden ring, a halo orluminous ring around the moon, supposed to indicate the approach of stormy weather. Amain, with great force. “ Last night the moon had a golden ring, * And to-night no moon we see !” And a scornful laugh laughed he. a 20 Colder and colder blew the wind, A gale from the north-east; And the billows frothed like yeast. * 25 Down came the storm, and smote amain The vessel in its strength; * She shuddered and paused, like a frighted steed, Cable, a thick strong rope (240 “Come hither! come hither ! my little daughter, to hold ships at And do not tremble so; anchor, or to tow For I can weather * the roughest gale, vessels in large That ever wind did blow." Veather, endure. 30 rivers. He wrapped her warm in his seaman's coat, Against the stinging blast; 35 He cut a rope from a broken spar, * And bound her to the mast. * Spar, a small beam, 40 “O father! I hear the church bells ring; it be?" And he steered for the open sea. Oh say, what may it be ? ” In such an angry sea. may it be ?? A frozen corpse was he. Lashed to the helm, all stiff and stark, 50 With his face turned to the skies, The lantern gleamed through the gleaming snow On his fixed and glassy eyes. That saved she might be; On the lake of Galilee. say, what And fast, through the midnight dark and dear, Through the whistling sleet and snow, Towards the reef * of Norman's Woe. 60 Reef, ridge of rocks in the sea, near the surface. And ever, the fitful gusts between, A sound came from the land : On the rocks and the hard sea sand. church, 66 We climbed on the graves, on the stones worn with rains, Aisle, a passage in a And we gazed up the aisle* through the 75 small leaded panes. She sate by the pillar; we saw her clear: Hist! hush, atten Margaret, hist? come quick, we are here. tion, silence, listen. Dear heart,” I said, we are long alone. The sea grows stormy, the little ones moan." 80 Sealed, fixed with an For her eyes were sealed * to the holy book. attentive gaze. “ Loud prays the priest ; shut stands the door.” 85 Down to the depths of the sea. Humming town, at a She sits at her wheel in the humming town, * Singing most joyfully. the humming of bees Hark, what she sings : Oh joy, oh joy, distance the noise of a town sounds like in live. its toy, * woof For the priest, and the bell, and the holy well. For the wheel where I spun, And the blessed light of the sun." 95 Shuttle, an instru- Tilĩ the shuttle * falls from her hand, ment used for shoot And the whizzing wheel stands still. ing the thread of the between the She steals to the window, and looks at the sand ; threads of the warp And over the sand at the sea ; in weaving. And her eyes are set in a stare ; IOO Anon, soon, quickly, And anon * there breaks a sigh, immediately. And anon there drops a tear, From a sorrow-clouded eye, Sorrow-laden, full of And a heart sorrow-laden,* sorrow, weighed down A long, long sigh. 105 with sadness. Mermaiden, maid of For the cold strange eyes of a little Mermaiden,* the sea, having the And the gleam of her golden hair. upper part like a woman and the lower Come away, away, children. like a fish, and supposed to have long Come, children, come down. golden hair. The hoarse wind blows colder; IIO Hoarse, harsh, disagreeable. Lights shine in the town. She will start from her slumber When gusts * shake the door ; 115 a of wind. |