QUESTIONS.

For what occasion is a "Dirge" used? What is incul. cated in the 1st stanza? What is taught in the 2d stanza? What, in the 4th? What, in the 5th? What is the argument of the whole?

To what words in this lesson, does Rule VI, §1, for inflections, apply? To what, Rule II? To what, Rule IV?

Parse the first "earth," in the first line.

LESSON LXXXII.

REMARK. In reading any thing solemn, a full, slow, and distiz et manner should be preserved, and particular attention paid to the stops. PRONOUNCE Correctly and ARTICULATE distinctly.—Might-i-ly, not might'ly re-mem-ber'd, not re-mem-bud: lux-u-ri-ous, not lux-u-r'ous : wid-ow, not wid-der: mourn-ing, not mourn-in: o-dor-ous, not o-d'rous: i-vo-ry, not i-ver-y, nor i-v'ry: del-i-ca-cies, not del'ca-cies: trump-et-ers, not trum❜p-tuz.

1. AND after these things, I saw another angel descending from heaven,

Having great power: and the earth was enlightened with his glory:

And he cried mightily with a loud voice, saying,

She is fallen! she is fallen!

5. Babylon the great!

And is become the habitation of demons,

And the hold of every impure spirit;

And the cage of every impure and hateful bird;

For in the wine of the wrath of her lewdness hath she pledged all nations;

10. And the kings of the earth have with her committed lewdness; And the merchants of the earth, from the excess of her wanton luxury, have waxed rich.

And I heard another voice from heaven, saying,
Come out of her, my people;

That ye be not partakers of her sins,

15. And of her plague that ye may not receive:
For her sins have reached up unto heaven,
And God hath remembered her iniquities:
Repay to her as she also hath repaid,

And double to her double, according to her works.

20. In the cup which she hath mingled, mingle to her double; As much as she hath glorified herself and played the luxuri ous wanton,

So much give to her torment and sorrow:

For in her heart she saith:

"I sit a queen

25. And a widow am not I:

And sorrow I shall not see;"

Therefore, in one day, shall come her plagues;
Death, and mourning, and famine.

And with fire shall she be consumed!

30. For strong is the Lord God, who hath passed sentence upon her. Then shall bewail her, and smite the breast for her,

The kings of the earth who have committed
Lewdness with her, and lived in wanton luxury,
When they shall see the smoke of her burning,

35. Standing afar off, because of the fear of her torment; saying, "Woe! Woe! the great city, Babylon, the strong city!

In one hour thy judgment is come!"

And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her,
For their merchandise no man buyeth any more:

40. Merchandise of gold and silver;

Of precious stones and pearls;

And of fine linen and of purple;

And of silk and scarlet;

And every odorous wood and every vessel of ivory; 45. And every vessel of most precious wood;

And of brass, and iron, and marble;

And cinnamon and amomum;

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And perfumes, and myrrh, and incense;

And wine and oil;

50 And fine flour and wheat;

And cattle and sheep;

And horses, and chariots, and slaves;

And the souls of men:

And the autumnal fruits of thy soul's desire are gone from thee; 55. And all delicacies and splendors have +vanished from thee;

And thou shalt never find them any

more

!

The merchants of these things, who were enriched by her,
Shall stand afar off because of the fear of her torment,
Weeping and mourring; saying,

60. "Woe! Woe! the great city!

She, who was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet,
And was decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls;
For in one hour is brought to desolation this so great

wealth!"

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And every shipmaster, and every supercargo, 65. And mariners, and all who labor on the sea, Stood afar off, and cried aloud,

When they saw the smoke of her burning; saying,
"What city, like the great city!"

And they cast dust upon their heads,

70. And cried aloud, weeping and mourning; saying,
"Woe! Woe! the great city!

Wherein all who had ships upon the sea waxed rich
By her costliness;

For in one hour has she been made desolate !"

75. Rejoice over her thou heaven!

And ye saints! and ye apostles! and ye prophets !

For God hath for her crimes against you passed sentence upon her!

And a mighty angel took up a stone like a huge millstone, and cast it into the sea; saying,

"Thus with violence shall be thrown down Babylon the great city, and shall be found no more:

30. And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and flute players, and trumpeters shall be heard in thee no more:

And any artificer of any ingenious art shall be found in thee

no more:

And the sound of a millstone shall be heard in thee no more:
And the light of a lamp shall be seen in thee no more:
And the voice of the bridegroom, and of the bride, shall be
heard in thee no more:

85. For thy merchants were the great ones of the earth;

For by thy sorceries were deceived all the nations;

And in her, the blood of prophets and saints hath been found,
And of all those who were slain upon the earth."

And after these things, I heard as it were, the voice of a great
multitude in heaven, saying, +" HALLELUJAH!

90+Salvation, and glory, and honor,

And power, be unto the Lord our God!
For true and righteous are his judgments;

For he hath judged the great harlot

Who corrupted the earth with her lewdness;

95. And he hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand." And, a second time, they said, "HALLELUJAH!"

And her smoke ascendeth forever and ever!

JEBB'S SACRED LITERATURE

QUESTIONS. To what city does this prophecy refer? From what book is it taken? Why is evil denounced upon Babylon? Who are represented as lamenting her fall? Who are they that sing "hallelujah" to God? How long ago was this prophecy written? Is it supposed to be yet fulfilled? Is Babylon, here, the real name of the city, or is it used figuratively? Where was the Babylon whose destruction is foretold in the Old Testament? Was that fulfilled?

To what inflections in this lesson is Rule II, §3, applicable? To what, Rule II, §2, and §4?

Which nouns in the lesson specify the merchandise spoken of in the 39th and 40th lines? Parse the sixteen nouns found in lines 47 to 53 inclusive. Parse each word contained in the 60th line.

LESSON LXXXIII.

REMARK. In reading poetry, that does not rhyme, the pauses should be regulated chiefly by the sense, as in prose. The poetic measure, how ever, should be observed, whenever it is consistent with the sense, and the construction of the sentence.

PRONOUNCE Correctly and ARTICULATE distinctly.-Ru-ins, not runes: burst, not buss: bul-warks, not bul-wuks: pal-ace, not pal-iss: lab-y-rinth, not lab-er-inth, nor lab'rinth: wan-der-ing, not wan-d'rin: dan-ger-ous, not dan-g'rous: aw-ful, not awe-f'l: col-umns, not col-yums: whith-er-ward, not with-er-wud.

L Domes, n. buildings.

Dusk'-y, a. dark, gloomy.

Bit'-tern, n. a water fowl.

Bask'-ed, v. lay in the sun.
Sanct'-u-a-ry, n. a place devoted to
the worship of God.

Boom, n. the sound which the bittern 3. A-e'-ri-al, a. placed in the air.

When through the gate the early traveler passed.
And when, at evening, o'er the swampy plain
The bittern's boom came far,

Distinct in darkness seen,

Above the low horizon's lingering light,
Rose the near ruins of old Babylon.

2. Once, from the lofty walls the charioteer
Looked down on swarming myriads; once she flung
Her arches o'er Euphrates' conquered tide,
And, through her brazen portals, when she poured
Her armies forth, the distant nations looked
As men who watch the thunder cloud in fear,
Lest it should burst above them. She was fallen!
The queen of cities, Babylon was fallen!

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Low lay her bulwarks; the black scorpion basked In palace courts; within the sanctuary

The she-wolf hid her whelps.

3. Is yonder huge and shapeless heap, what once
Hath been the aerial gardens, hight on hight,
Rising, like Media's mountains, crowned with wood,
Work of imperial dotage? Where the fane
Of Belus? Where the golden image now,
Which, at the sound of dulcimer and lute,
Cornet and sackbut, harp and psaltery,
The Assyrian slaves adored?

A labyrinth of ruins, Babylon

Spreads o'er the blasted plain.

The wandering Arab never sets his tent
Within her walls. The shepherd eyes afar
Her evil towers, and devious, drives his flock.
Alone unchanged, a free and bridgeless tide,
Euphrates rolls along,
Eternal nature's work.

Through the broken portal,

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Over weedy fragments,

Thalaba went his way.

Cautious he trod, and felt

The dangerous ground before him with his bow.
The jackal started at his steps;

The stork, alarmed at sound of man,
From her broad nest upon the old pillar top,
Affrighted fled on flapping wings;

The adder, in her haunts disturbed, Lanced at the intruding staff her arrowy tongue.