And, from her wild sequestered seat, Through glades and glooms the mingled measures stole, Love of peace and lonely musing), In hollow murmurs die away. 9. But, oh! how altered was its sprightlier tone, 10. Her buskins gemmed with morning dew, Blew an + inspiring air, that dale and thicket rung, The hunter's call, to Faun and Dryad known. The oak-crowned sisters and their chaste-eyed queen, Peeping from forth their alleys green: Brown Exercise rejoiced to hear, And Sport leaped up and seized his beechen spear. Last, came Joy's ecstatic trial: He, with viny crown advancing, + First to the lively pipe his hand addressed; To some unwearied minstrel dancing, Loose were her tresses seen, her zone unbound), As if he would the charming air repay, COLLINS. QUESTIONS.— What is that figure of speech, by which passions, « ☺., are addressed as animated beings? What is meant by "shell" in the 3d line? What is this ode intended to illustrate? Who were the Fauns and Dryads? What do you know of Tempé's vale? What parts of the above sketch should be read in a lively manner? How should stanzas 2, 3, 4, and 8, be read? How should the 6th stanza be read ? LESSON XCIII. REMARK.- While each pupil reads, let the rest observe and then mention which syllables are pronounced wrong, and, also, which syllables or letters are omitted or indistinctly uttered. Am-a-teurs', n. lovers of the fine 2. Throes, n. extreme pain, anguish. Goad'-ed, v. pricked. 5. Jole, n. the cheek: cheek by jols 6. Erst, adv. formerly, long ago. THE AMATEURS. This piece is a travesty or parody, that is, it is written in the style of a serious poem, but for the purpose of rendering its subject ridiculous or ludicrous. It is written in the style of the Ode on the Passions, the lesson that precedes it, and is designed to ridicule a self-conceited and ignorant musician who i represented in the piece under a fictitious name. + 1. WHEN Festin, heavenly swain, was young, 2. First in the ranks, his skill to try, The champion played: while every peal confessed How strong the throes that heaved his massy chest. 3. Next, came a brawny nurse, but six feet high, And squeezed and sung, and sung and squeezed: And writhing limbs, and blackening cheeks, That keenly goaded him within, Yet closer squeezed the nurse, and louder was her din 4. A wheezing sawyer, standing by, Industriously was sawing wood; Though dull his saw, his throat was dry; At length, grown tired of toil in vain, The wretch resolved to change his strain; He paused, and held his breath-to whet his saw And clinching jaws, convulsed with ghastly smile, 5. A boy came next, loud whooping to the gale, + Two furious cats, suspended by the tail, O dulcet cats! thus hung at leisure, Entangled in no faint embrace, With claws deep buried in each other's face, + 6. A fish cart next came rattling by; Its lusty driver, perched on high, Poured through the deafening horn his greedy soul Such notes he blew, as erst threw down While scarce was heard, so loud he wound his peal, 7. Then came a child +eloped from home, 8. Emblem of justice, high above, A ponderous pair of steelyards hung; With ears comprest, some fled *amain, While others paused, all hopeless of relief, And mourned that fortune had not made them dear. 9. Thus, long ago, Ere Colin drew his fiddlebow, While jarring sawmills yet were mute; The jarring, howling, deafening choir, Could shake the sky, the solid earth could move, MONTHLY ANTHOLOGY. QUESTIONS. What is a travesty or parody? For what purpose was this lesson written? Name the several performers described. Point out some instances in this lesson, to which Rule I, for inflections, applies. Rule II, or any of the particulars specified under it. Rule IV. Parse "grown " and "tired," in the 4th paragraph. "Lost," in the 7th. "Hooked," in the 8th. "To escape," in the same. LESSON XCIV. REMARK. Be careful not to slip over or mispronounce the small words. SOUND the r distinctly in the following words in this lesson: beware, scattered, Cumberland, there, despair, merciless, coward, bird, far, stars, fire, peerless, banners, mark, marshaled, swords, their, are, har vest, claymore, cover, lore, where, near. Es-pous'-ed, v. embraced. 2. Low'-lands, n. the south of Scotland, 21. Do'-tard, n. a foolish old man. LOCHIEL'S WARNING. Lochiel was a brave and influential Highland +Chieftain. He espoused the cause of Charles Stuart, called the Pretender, who claimed the British throne. In the following piece, he is supposed to be marching with the warriors of his clan, to join Charles' army. On his way he is met by a Seer, who, having, according to the popular superstition, the gift of second sight, or prophecy, forewarns him of the disastrous event of the tenterprise, and exhorts him to return home, and avoid the destruction which certainly awaited him, and which afterward fell upon him at the battle of Culloden, in 1745. Seer. LOCHIEL! Lochiel! beware of the day When the Lowlands shall meet thee in battle array! For a field of the dead rushes red on my sight, And the clans of Culloden are scattered in fight; 5. They rally, they bleed, for their kingdom and crown; Woe, woe to the riders that trample them down! Proud Cumberland prances, insulting the slain, And their hoof-beaten bosoms are trod to the plain. But hark! through the fast-flashing lightning of war, 10. What steed to the desert flies +frantic and far? "T is thine, O Glenullin!* whose bride shall await, * Another name for Lochiel. |