LESSON CIV. SPELL AND DEFINE.-1. Columns, long, round pillars of wood or stone used to support a building; here means, the trees. 2. Century, space of a hundred years. 3. Fantastic, fanciful; imaginary; not real. 4. Perch, a branch on which fowls may light; a pole. 5. Wells, issues forth, as water from the earth. 6. Annihilated, reduced to nothing. 7. Coronal, a crown; a wreath. 8. Ancestors, those that precede in the order of nature; here means, the old decayed trees. 9. Arch, cunning; vly; shrewd. 10. Re-assure, to restore courage to; to free from fear. 11. Firmament, the region of the air; the sky. 1. 2. 3. Forest Hymn.-Bryant. Hath reared these venerable columns; thou Thou didst look down Upon the naked earth, and, forthwith, rose All these fair ranks of trees. They, in thy sun, These dim vaults, These winding aisles, of human pomp or pride Comes, scarcely felt ;-the barky trunks, the ground, Here is continual worship;-nature, here, In the tranquillity that thou dost love, Enjoys thy presence. Noiselessly, around, From perch to perch, the solitary bird Passes; and yon clear spring, that, 'midst its herbs, Of all the good it does. 4. 5. 6. 7. Thou hast not left Thyself without a witness, in these shades, Of thy perfections. Grandeur, strength, and grace, In all that proud old world beyond the deep, Wears the green coronal of leaves with which Nestled at his root Is beauty, such as blooms not in the glare My heart is awed within me, when I think Lo! all grow old and die—but see, again. In all its beautiful forms. These lofty trees Wave not less proudly that their ancestors The freshness of her far beginning lies And yet shall lie. Life mocks the idle hate Of his arch enemy Death-yea, seats himself Makes his own nourishment. For he came foit 8. 9. 10. There have been holy men who hid themselves Their lives to thought and prayer, till they outlived Retire, and in thy presence re-assure Oh, God!, when thou Dost scare the world with tempests, set on fire The swift, dark whirlwind that uproots the woods, Oh, from these sterner aspects of thy face QUESTIONS.-1. What is meant by 'verdant roof'? 2. What allusion is made to the age of the trees? 3. For what are they a fit shrine? 4. Of what do they not report? 5. What continual worship is in the forest? 6. What is said of the mighty oak? 7. Of the forest flower? 8. What change is constantly going on among the trees? 9. Does age lessen their charms? 10. What have some holy men done? 11. What will make us forget our pride, and lay our strifes and follies by ? To what does the pronoun its, in the eighth verse, refer? With what tone of voice should the ninth verse be read? With what the last? Which line in the third verse is the most difficult to articulate distinctly, and why? LESSON CV. SPELL AND DEFINE.-1. Leviathan, a large water animal, of what kind is not known. 2. Banquet, a feast. 3. Proportion, form or shape. 4. Sundered, separated; parted. 5. Neesings, sneezings, or spoutings of a sea-animal, as of a whale. 6. Nether, lower, or being under. Ila ber' ge on, a defensive armor for the neck or breast. The Leviathan.-BIBLE. 1. CANST thou draw out leviathan with a hook? Or bore his jaw through with a thorn? Will he make many supplications unto thee? Will he make a covenant with thee? Wilt thou take him for a servant for ever? 2 Lay thine hand upon him Remember the battle, do no mòre. Behold, the hope of him is in vàin: Shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him? him? Who hath prevented me, that I should repay 3 I will not conceal his parts, nor his Nor his comely proportion. power, Who can discover the face of his garment? Or who can come to him with his double bridle? Who can open the doors of his face? His teeth are terrible round about. His scales are his pride, Shut up together as with a close seal. One is so near to another, That no air can come between them. They are joined one to another, They stick together, that they can not be sundered. By his neesings a light doth shine, And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. 4. Out of his mouth go burning lamps, And sparks of fire leap out. Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, And a flame goeth out of his mouth. And sorrow is turned unto joy before him. They are firm in themselves; they can not be moved. Yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone. 5. When he raiseth up himself the mighty are afraid : He esteemeth iron as straw, And brass as rotten wood. The arrow can not make him flee; Slingstones are turned with him into stubble: He laugheth at the shaking of a spear. 5. He maketh the deep to boil like a pòt: He beholdeth all high things— He is a king over all the children of pride. 2. QUESTIONS.-1. Does the leviathan live on land or in the water? Who is meant by me, second verse? 3. What is meant by 'the face of his garment,' third verse? 4. What by 'the doors of his face'? 5. What is said of his scales? 6. What is meant by 'eyelids of the morning'? 7. What is said of his strength, fifth verse? 8. Is there any animal that can compare with him? 9. What is meant by 'children of pride,' last line? With what inflections should the questions in the first verse be read? With what the questions in the third verse? |