6. The lesson of Thy own eternity. Lo! all grow old and die; but see, again, Oh, there is not lost One of Earth's charms: upon her bosom yet, The freshness of her far beginning lies, Makes his own nourishment. For he came forth 7. There have been holy men who hid themselves 8. Retire, and in Thy presence reassure The passions, at Thy plainer footsteps shrink O God! when Thou Dost scare the world with tempests, set on fire The heavens with falling thunderbolts, or fill The swift, dark whirlwind that uproots the woods WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT. DEFINITIONS.-1. Är ́ehi trăve, an ornament which rests immediately on a column. Ăn'thems, church music adapted to passages from the Scriptures. Därk'ling, dark. Sup pli eã ́tion, prayer. Swayed, bent; moved. In ae çess'i ble, not to be approached. Sănet'ū a ries, holy places. Ae çèpt ́ançe, favor. 2. €om mūn’įon, intercourse. 3. Tran quil'li ty, quietness; a calm state. 4. Grănd'eūr, splendor of appearance. An nī ́hi lāt ed, reduced to nothing. Єor'o nal, crown. Em a na'tion, outgrowth. 56. THE SUNBEAM. FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS was born in Liverpool, September 25, 1794. She manifested a taste for poetry at an early age. Her first volume, published in 1808, contained a few pieces written when she was but ten years old. Some of her works are The Vespers of Palermo; The Siege of Valencia; The Last Constantine, and Other Poems; The Forest Sanctuary; National Lyrics and Songs for Music; and Scenes and Hymns of Life. Her poems are sweet, natural, and pleasing. Her lyrics are her finest productions; some of them are perfect in pathos and sentiment. She died in Dublin, May 16, 1835. 1. THOU art no lingerer in monarch's hall: A bearer of hope unto land and sea : 2. Thou art walking the billows, and Ocean smiles: Thou hast touched with glory his thousand isles; Thou hast lit up the ships and the feathery foam, And gladdened the sailor, like words from home. 3. To the solemn depths of the forest shades Thou art streaming on through their green arcades; 4. I looked on the mountains: a vapor lay, 5. I looked on the peasant's lowly cot: 6. To the earth's wild places a guest thou art, 7. Thou tak'st through the dim church-aisle thy way, 8. And thou turnest not from the humblest grave 9. Sunbeam of summer, oh, what is like thee, The faith touching all things with hues of heaven. DEFINITIONS.—3. Är cădeş', series of arches or arched walks. 7. Trō'phies, things taken from an enemy and preserved as memorials of victory. 57.-THE GRAVES OF A HOUSEHOLD. 1. THEY grew in beauty side by side; 2. The same fond mother bent at night She had each folded flower in sight: 3. One 'midst the forest of the West, By a dark stream, is laid : The Indian knows his place of rest 4. The sea, the blue lone sea, hath one: He was the loved of all, yet none 5. One sleeps where Southern vines are dressed He wrapped his colors round his breast 6. And one,-o'er her the myrtle showers 7. And parted thus they rest, who played Whose voices mingled as they prayed 8. They that with smiles lit up the hall, And naught beyond, O Earth! MRS. HEMANS. 58. THE CLOUD. PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY was born at Field Place, Sussex, England, August 4, 1792. At the age of ten he went to a school near Brentford, thence to Eton, and five years later to University College, Oxford. His works comprise a number of volumes of poetry, essays, and translations. His tragedy of The Cenci is held to be one of the best of modern times. Shelley's style is precise, impetuous, brilliant, and vigorous. His poems are often full of abstract subtleties, frail as mist, yet surprisingly beautiful: they deal more frequently with an ideal world than with the world as it is or has been. He was drowned while boating in the Bay of Spezia, Italy, July 8, 1822. 1. I BRING fresh showers for the thirsting flowers I bear light shade for the leaves when laid |