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4. "Eye hath not seen' it, my gentle boy!
Ear hath not heard' its deep sounds of joy;
Dreams can not picture' a world so fair;
Sorrow and death may not enter there';
Time doth not breathe on its fadeless bloom,
Beyond the clouds, and beyond the tomb;
It is there', it is there, my child"!"
MRS. HEMANI

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QUESTIONS.-What climate produces the myrtle, palm, and date! Why is the palm tree called feathery? Where is that "better land," spoken of in the lesson? What inflection should be used at the word child," in the last line of the 1st stanza? (Rule IV.) What inflection at the same word when repeated in the other three stanzas? (Exception to Rule IV.) Give rules for the other inflections.

ARTICULATION.

Wafted, acknowledgedst, list' nest, wrongest.

Thou waft'st the flying ships. Thou acknowledgest thy crimes. Thou list'nest to my tale. It exists somewhere. Thou knewest that I was a hard man. Thou wrongest wrongfully.

LESSON XXIX.

ARTICULATE clearly all the consonants in words like the following in this lesson: extract, preserved, darkness, grieved, troubled, integrity, stranger, furrows, traveler.

Pa'-tri-arch, n. the father and ruler | 4. In-teg'-ri-ty, n. uprightness.

of a family. Among the Jews, distin--6. guished men were called by this name.

L. Com-po-si'-tion, n. a written work.

This'-tle, n. (pro. this'le) a kind of prickly plant.

Cock'-lo, n. a worthless plant or weed.

PORTRAIT OF A PATRIARCH.

1. I can not forbear making an extract of several passages, which I have always read with great delight, in the book of Job. It is the account, which that holy man gives, of his behavior in the days of his prosperity, and, if considered only as a human composition, is a finer picture of a charitable and good-natured man than is to be met with in any other author.

2. "Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; when his candle shined upon my head, and when, by his light, I walked through darkness; when the Almighty was yet with me; when my children were about me; when I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured out rivers of oil.

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3. "When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me; because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame; I was a father to the poor; and the cause which I knew not I searched out.

4. "Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the poor? Let me be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine integrity. If I did despise the cause of my man servant or of my maid servant, when they contended with me, what then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him? Did not he that made me make him also?

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5. "If I have withheld the poor from their desire', or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail', or have eaten my morsel myself alone', and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof; if I have seen any perish for want of clothing', or any poor without covering'; if his loins have not blessed me', and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep'; if I have lifted up my haud against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate'; then let mine arm fall from my shoulderblade', and mine arm be broken from the bone'.

6. "I rejoiced not at the destruction' of him that hated me, nor lifted up myself when evil found him'; neither have I suffered my mouth to sin', by wishing a curse to his soul'. The stranger did not lodge in the street; but I opened my doors to the traveler'. If my land cry against me', and the furrows thereof complain'; if I have eaten the fruits thereof without money', or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life'; let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle' instead of barley"."

ADDISON.

QUESTIONS.. - What character is here described? What is a Patriarch? Considered merely as a human composition, how does the description given by Job compare with all others? How does Job describe himself to have been situated in "months past?" What is meant by his step being washed with butter? How did he treat those in trouble? How did he treat the widow, the stranger, and his enemies?

Explain the inflections of this lesson.

ARTICULATION.

Slack'n'd, think'st, throbb'st, prob'st, thwack'st.

They slack'n'd the cable. Thy pulse throbb'st wildly. Thou prob'st the wound painfully. He struggl'd to escape. Thou think st and thwack'st, and thwack'st and think'st.

LESSON XXX.

PRONOUNCE Correctly.-Reg-gi-o, pro. red-je-o: fountains, pro. fount-ins: statues, not sta-choos: sits, not sets: for-ward, not for-ud: in-no-cent, not in-ner-sunt: haunt (pro. haunt), not haunt: (see McGuffey's Eclectic Spelling Book for the figures denoting the pronunciation): mel-o-dy, not mel-er-dy: an-cient, not ån-cient: i-vo-ry, not i-ver-ry: fast-en-ed, pro. fas'n'd.

1. Ter'-race, n. a raised bank of earth. 3. Broid'-er-ed, p. adorned with figures of needle work.

Em'-e-rald, n. a gem of a pure lively
green color (used here as an adjec-
tive).

Al'-a-bas-ter, n. a soft, white marble.
Cor'-o-net, n, a little crown.

law descends to the heir with the real estate.

Du'-cal, a, pertaining to a duke. 7. De-co'-rum, n. propriety of behavior. Lus'-ter, n. brightness.

8. Pan'-ic, n. sudden alarm. 10. Quest, n. search. ·

11. Leg'-a-cy, n. what is left by will.

5. Heir'-loom, n. any article which by 12. Am'-bush, n. a concealed place.

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GINEVRA.

If ever you should come to Modena,
Stop at a palace near the Reggio gate,
Dwelt in of old by one of the Donati.
Its noble gardens', terrace above terrace,
And rich in fountains, statues, cypresses',
Will long detain' you; but, before you go',
Enter the house- forget it not, I pray' you.
And look awhile upon a picture' there.

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"Tis of a lady in her earliest youth,
The last of that illustrious family;
Done by Zampieri; but by whom I care not.
He, who observes it, ere he passes on,
Gazes his fill, and comes and comes again.
That he may call it up when far away.

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She sits, inclining forward as to speak, Her lips half open, and her finger up,

As though she said', "Beware!" her vest of gold'
Broidered with flowers, and clasped from head to foot',
An emerald stone' in every golden clasp';

And on her brow', fairer than alabaster',
A coronet of pearls'.

But then her face,

So lovely', yet so arch', so full of mirth,
The overflowings of an innocent heart;

It haunts me still, though many a year has fled,
Like some wild melody!

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Alone it hangs

Over a moldering heirloom; its companion,
An oaken chest, half eaten by the worm,
But richly carved by Antony of Trent,
With scripture stories from the life of Christ;
A chest that came from Venice, and had held
The ducal robes of some old ancestors

That by the way, it may be true or false-
But don't forget the picture; and you will not,
When you have heard the tale they told me there.

She was an only child', her name Ginevra',
The joy, the pride of an indulgent father;
And in her fifteenth year became a bride,
Marrying an only son, Francesco Doria,
Her playmate from her birth, and her first love.

Just as she looks there, in her bridal dress,
She was all gentleness, all gayety,

Her pranks the favorite theme of every tongue.
But now the day was come', the day', the hour';
Now, frowning, smiling for the hundredth' time,
The nurse', that ancient lady', preached decorum';
And, in the luster of her youth', she gave
'Her hand', with her heart' in it, to Francesco'.

8. Great was the joy'; but at the nuptial feast, When all sat down, the bride herself was wanting, Nor was she to be found! Her father cried, "'Tis but to make a trial of our love!"

And filled his glass to all; but his hand shook, And soon from guest to guest the panic spread.\

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9. 'Twas but that instant she had left Francesco,
Laughing and looking back and flying still,
Her ivory tooth imprinted on his finger.
But now', alas'! she was not to be found;
Nor from that hour could any thing be guessed,
But that she was not!

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Weary of his life',
Francesco flew to Venice', and embarking',
Flung it away in battle with the Turk.
Donati lived'; and long might you have seen
An old man wandering as in quest of something,
Something he could not find, he knew not what.
When he was gone, the house remained awhile
Silent and tenantless; then went to strangers.

Full fifty years were past, and all forgotten,
When on an idle day, a day of search
'Mid the old lumber in the gallery,
That moldering chest was noticed; and 'twas said
By one as young, as thoughtless as Ginevra',
"Why not remove' it from its lurking place?"
'Twas done as soon as said; but on the way
It burst', it fell'; and lo! a skeleton',
With here and there a pearl, an emerald stone,
A golden clasp, clasping a shred of gold.
All else had perished, saye a wedding ring,
And a small seal, her mother's legacy,
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"Ginevra."

-There then had she found a grave:
Within that chest had she concealed herself,
Fluttering with joy, the happiest of the happy;
When a springlock, that lay in ambush there,
Fastened her down for ever!

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ROGERS.

QUESTIONS.Where is Modena? Who was the painter of the picare? Describe the attitude and dress. Over what does the picture hang? Relate the story which gives interest to the chest and picture.

Give the rules for the inflections marked in this lesson.

Which are the verbs in the 7th paragraph? The adjectives? The nouns? Which of the nouns are in the objective case? Which in the nominative? Parse "skeleton," in the 11th paragraph. See Pinneo's Analytical Grammar Rule V.