22. He found no difficulty in ascertaining the resi dence of his friend; and he found, as he expected, a most affectionate welcome. The Baron observed that Nichols carried a wooden box under his arm; and as soon as the first kind inquiries were over, he asked what it contained. 'It is a present I have brought for you,' said the young merchant. 23. When opened, it was found to contain a small portrait of the little peasant, with his coarse coat, his wooden shoes, and his knotty cane, just as he first presented himself before his generous benefactor. 24. My kind friend,' said he, all I have in the world I owe to you. If Providence had not raised me up such a friend, I should have been nothing, and should have had nothing. The picture is not worth much, for I thought it most proper to set it in a plain wooden frame; but when people ask you why you have it in your house, tell them, I pray you, that it is a poor little peasant boy, who came to you a beggar, and who, by means of your kindness and counsel, came at last to ride in his carriage.' 25. The old gentleman was affected to tears. shall teach my nephews,' said he, 'that it is more valuable than the portrait of an emperor cased in gold; for it is the exact likeness of one, who deserved good luck for his honesty and intelligence, his modesty and gratitude.' 26. The Baron and his young friend often exchanged letters; and many a kind token of remembrance found its way to London from the Irish farm. Baltimore died of a good old age. Lord When his nephews talked to their sons about their great uncle, they often used to point to the portrait, and repeat the story of his kindness to the Little Wool Merchant. ERRORS. 1. adventrer for adventurer. 2. supprise or sprise for surprise. 4. ketchin for catching. 6. pus for purse. 15. kerrid for carried. 18. tace for tastes. QUESTIONS. How should you look at the persons to whom you are reading? 21? -over Lesson 1. What pause is after life and them? What is a dash used for? What is a dash called when it stands for a word that Tell all its uses. is omitted? RULE. When an author has made imperfect rhymes, you must not mispronounce the words in order to make the rhymes good. Read correctly what is written: if it makes nonsense or bad sense, or sounds improperly, the fault will not be yours. THE OCEAN. They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters, these see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep. - Psalm cvii. 23, 24. 1. HE that in venturous barks hath been A wanderer on the deep, Can tell of many an awful scene, Where storms forever sweep. 2. For many a fair majestic sight 3. Go! ask him of the whirpool's roar, 4. Of icebergs floating o'er the main. Mid the bright realms of frost; 5. Of coral rocks from waves below 6. Of sea fires, which at dead of night And make the expanse of ocean bright, 7. Oh, God! thy name they well may praise And trace the wonders of thy ways, Where rocks and billows frown. 8. If glorious be that awful deep, No human power can bind, What then art Thou, who bid'st it keep 9. Let heaven and earth in praise unite, Eternal praise to Thee, Whose word can rouse the tempest's might, Or still the raging sea! ERRORS. 1. ventrous for venturous; wandrer for wanderer. 5. co-ral for coral. 9. tempice for tempest's. QUESTIONS. 1. Should been and scene be made to rhyme? 4. What imperfect rhymes are in this verse? In Lesson 37, v. 6, do cord and board rhyme?-in v. 9, none and gone? -in v. 10, yean and been?-in v. 15, chain and again? Remark. Such imperfections cannot be wholly avoided even by the best poets. We should have little good poetry, if authors were compelled to make perfect rhymes. PARAPHRASE OF PSALM CXLVIII. Praise ye the Lord. Him in the heights. Praise ye the Lord from the heavens: praise 1. PRAISE ye the Lord! on every height Songs to His glory raise ! Ye angel hosts, ye stars of light, Join in immortal praise! 2. Oh! heaven of heavens! let praise far-swelling Join in the strain ye waters, dwelling Above the firmament! 3. For His the word which gave you birth, Praise to the highest from the earth, 4. Oh! fire and vapor, hail and snow, Oh! stormy winds that only blow 5. Mountains and rocks, to heaven that rise; Creatures of life, that wing the skies, 6. Judges of nations; kings, whose hand Oh! youths and virgins of the land, 7. Praise ye His name, to whom alone Whose glory from the eternal throne Spreads wide o'er earth and heaven! ERRORS. 1. hate for height; hoce for hosts; immort'l for immortaı 4. servance for servants. 6. The emphasis in the last line naturally falls on the last syllable of infancy; but it must not, on any account, be pronounced so. QUESTIONS. What imperfect rhymes are there in this psalm? Should the voice fall at the end of verses 4, 5, and 6? RULE. The custom of reading rapidly and with inatten tion, such passages as have been committed to memory, musi be avoided. Remark. Children are apt to acquire this faul: when they have read a book several times. They read or repeat many parts as though they thought them of no importance. So also, they read hymns which they have learned, and texts from the Bible, without giving any sense to them. TO A MOTHER ON HER BIRTH DAY. 1. My mother! now the gladsome spring Is smiling o'er the earth: |