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EXERCISES 
 
 HEADING AND RECITATION, 
 
 REDUCED TO THE SYSTEM OP NOTATION^ 
 
 is EXPLAINED IN HIS LECTURES ON THE SCIENCE AND PRACTICE 
 OF ELOCUTION. 
 
 BY DR. JONATHAN BARBER. 
 
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 PUBLISHED BY JONATHAN BARBER AND CALVIN MASON. 
 
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 1825. 
 
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PREFACE. 
 
 The following work is offered to the public, as a 
 practical exhibition of the principles of the Science of 
 Elocution, as demonstrated in my public lectures: and, 
 as a certain and easy means of teaching the correct, 
 forcible, and harmonious delivery of written language. 
 The following explanation will enable any teacher to 
 use this Book in his class; and I feel entire confidence, 
 that if once tried, it will not be afterwards relinquish- 
 ed for any other mode of teaching the art of reading. 
 An account of the theory on which it is projected, 
 will be found in my "Analysis of some principal phe- 
 nomena of spoken language, as contradistinguished 
 from graphic composition, with a view to the improve- 
 ment of reading and public speaking." In that work, 
 as in my lectures, it is shown, that oral language, 
 whether consisting of prose, or poetry, if correctly 
 delivered, is divided into metrical cadences or feet, 
 each of which, ought to occupy the same interval of 
 time in delivery. 
 
 These metrical feet, in the present work, are sepa- 
 rated from each other by musical bars. | | | A me- 
 trical foot is either perfect, or imperfect; a perfect loot 
 must have a heavy and a light portion of sound, and 
 may consist of any number of syllables, from one to 
 five; if it consists of but one syllable, the first portion 
 of that syllable will be heavy and the second light; 
 
xiii PREFACE. 
 
 the technical marks to distinguish these respective 
 
 sounds are (A) for the heavy, ( .-. ) for the light. 
 
 | All | Wo | From | will, if the syllables be lengthen- 
 
 A .-. A .-. A .'. 
 
 ed and inflected in the pronunciation of them, exhibit 
 both the heavy and the light parts of a metrical foot: 
 in short, one ivrittm syllable is pronounced as two. 
 Cinder | Temper | Fortune | are perfect metrical feet 
 
 A .*. A .*. A .'. 
 
 of two syllables. | Temperance | Fortitude | of three. 
 A .'. .-. k A .'. .*. 
 
 | Spiritual | Consciousness | of four. | Spiritually | of 
 A .•././. A .'. .'. .'. A .-.?.;•. V. 
 
 five. 
 
 More than five syllables cannot enter into a foot, 
 because more than that number cannot be pronounced 
 by a single effort of the voice without a palpable hiatus. 
 It is not necessary that the component parts of one 
 metrical foot, however, should belong to one word; as 
 the following example indicates— Capable of af J 
 
 A /. .'. .'. /. 
 fording | Enter | tainment | In this example, the first 
 metrical foot is of five syllables, but is composed of 
 three different words. 
 
 Imperfect feet are such as want either the heavy or 
 the light portion of sound for which a pause is substi- 
 tuted, which is indicated in this book by the musical 
 rest 7. Some bars are wholly silent; and in that case 
 occupy the time of a heavy and light sound. As every 
 bar is to occupy the same time, it is evident that the 
 pronunciation must be accelerated in proportion to the 
 number of syllables, and that, therefore, the quantities 
 must perpetually vary in Elocution, as in music; that 
 while the integral bars measure the same time, the 
 
PREFACE. ix 
 
 quotional parts constantly vary, and thus regularity 
 and variety are secured by a metrical division, such as 
 is indicated by the scoring. It should be added, that 
 every musical bar is supposed, in theory, to contain a 
 heavy and light portion of sound; or, in other words, 
 that every imperfect foot is to occupy the time of a 
 perfect one; and that therefore, wherever the mark 1 
 which indicates a rest, is placed over the mark A or the 
 mark .-. the pause is to occupy that portion of- the bar 
 in which there is no sound; and that where both marks 
 A .*. occur, a whole silent bar is to be measured by the 
 length of the pause. The usual accents of punctua- 
 tion are not, under this system of notation, necessary 
 to the marking of the pauses, as every pause is indi- 
 cated by the mark 7 ; but they have been retained as in- 
 dicative of the inflections; as it has been found that 
 they guide the vocal organs in forming these correctly. 
 Oral language then consists of a succession of heavy 
 and light syllables, with such pauses as are necessary 
 to facility of respiration, and the indication of the 
 sense; and it is absolutely subject to measure, which 
 may be beat, as in music. The progress of the move- 
 ment of pronunciation, in natural continued utterance, 
 always commencing with the commencement of a foot 
 or bar, that progress is from heavy to light, and not 
 from light to heavy. Such a progress is essential to 
 facility, force, and harmony of pronunciation. If 
 therefore, a line commence, as so many of our lines 
 do, both in poetry and prose, with a light sound, the 
 voice commences its movement, as the foot does, in a 
 march, from the heavy point, as it were; and then the 
 progress, through the line or passage, is from heavy to 
 light. 
 
X PREFACE. 
 
 The result, as I demonstrate in my lectures, is, that 
 the respiration is never hurried, in the most energetic 
 delivery: every natural rest of the voice being ascer- 
 tained bv the measure, and observed in enunciation. 
 The delivery, therefore, regulated by the scoring, may 
 be at once powerful, harmonious, and without exhaus- 
 tion. 
 
 It remains to observe, that a person cannot be taught 
 to read prose well, through the medium of prose alone. 
 In verse, the cadences or feet, are less varied and ir- 
 regular than in prose; and, therefore, in all books for 
 instructing in the art of delivery, the quantity of po- 
 etry ought to predominate. Considerable experience 
 in teaching, indeed, is necessary, to enable a person to 
 make such a selection as is best adapted to educate the 
 organs of expression to correct reading and speaking: 
 if, therefore, this book be compared in the respects 
 above mentioned, with other selections for schools, I 
 request that it may be considered, that the matter has 
 been arranged, not without reflection and experience. 
 Towards the close of the work, the technical marks of 
 A and .*. have been omitted, from a conviction, founded 
 on experience, that, after passing through the pa^es in 
 which they are preserved, the ear will be so far edu- 
 cated to the apprehension of the distinguishing sounds 
 which they indicate, as to render them unnecessary. 
 
 J. BARBER. 
 
 Y&rk t August 15, 1825. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 PAG£. 
 
 Apostrophe to the Queen of France 31 
 
 Addison's Hymn 92 
 
 Alexander's Feast m 
 
 Apostrophe to Light . . , 120 
 
 Achithophei to Absalom 151 
 
 Anthony over Caesar's Body 185 
 
 Battle of Warsaw 52 
 
 Burial Service, Part of 95 
 
 Candour : . . 34 
 
 Chevalier's Lament 39 
 
 Childe Harold 13s 
 
 Cassius to Brutus . 17$ 
 
 Cowper's Mary . . , . 200 
 
 Dirge in Cymbeline 40 
 
 Declaration of Independence 202 
 
 Exile of Erin 13 
 
 Elegy \ . . . . 22 
 
 Execution of Argyle 61 
 
 Greece 190 
 
 Hermit . 17 
 
 Hohenlinden 42 " 
 
 Hymn to the Deity 72 
 
 Henry V. before Harfleur 89 
 
 Happiness of Temper . . . ... . 179 
 
 HyderAli 196 
 
 Invocation to Grecian energy 84 
 
 Isaiah, Chap, xxxv 163 
 
 John, Chap. iv. 155 
 
 Lucy 48 
 
 Morning ........... 50 
 
 Moonlight Scene 69 
 
 Otneiio to the Senate . . 145, 
 
xii INDEX. 
 
 Ode on the Passions 130 
 
 Old Cheese 192 
 
 Paper; a Conversational Pleasantry ....... 105 
 
 Pitt's Reply to Walpole 126 
 
 Patrick Henry's Speech 167 
 
 Satan calling the Angels 100 
 
 St. Paul's Defence 153 
 
 Song of Moses 161 
 
 Sincerity 165 
 
 Satan's Soliloquy 171 
 
 Thunder Storm 44 
 
 Thames 58 
 
 Without God in the World . 183 
 
 Young's Night Thoughts I9S 
 
EXERCISES 
 
 READING AND RECITATION. 
 
 THE EXILE OF ERIN. 
 
 T. CAMPBELL. 
 
 7 There | came to the | beach | 7 a poor | exile of | 
 A /. A .*. .'. A /. A .'. .'. A .'. .*. 
 
 Erin, ] 
 
 A .*. 
 
 7 The | dew on his | thin | robe | 7 was | heavy and | 
 A .'. A .-. .', A/. A/. A .'. A .'. .'. 
 chill; | | 
 A.\ A.'. 
 7 For his j country he | sigh'd | 7 when at | twilight 
 A .-. .-. A /. .'. A .'. A .'. .'. A /. 
 re | pairing, ) 
 A /. 
 
 7 To | wander a ] lone | 7 by the | wind-beaten j 
 
 A .'. A .-. .*. A.*. A .*. /. A .*. /. 
 
 hiii. | | | 
 
 A .*. A .*. A .'. 
 7 But the | day-star | 7 at | tracted his | eye's sad de | 
 A .'. /. A /. A/. A .'. .'. A /. .*. 
 
 votion | 
 
 a .-. • 
 
 7 For it | rose | 7 on his | own native | isle of the { 
 A .'. /. A /. A .*. .'. A .*. .*. A .*. .*. 
 
 ocean | 
 ' L. :. 
 
14 EXERCISES. 
 
 Where | once | 7 in the | fervour of j youth's warm 
 
 A .'. A .'. A .'. -.'. A .*. .'. A 
 
 e | motion | 
 A .-. 
 7 He | sung the bold | anthem | 7 of | Erin go | 
 A .'. A .*. .'. A /. A .'. A .'. 
 
 bragh. | | | 
 A .*. A/. A.'. 
 Sad is my | fate! | 7 (said the | heart- | broken | stran- 
 A .*. .'. A.*. A .*. .*. A.'. A .'. A 
 
 ger) | 
 
 7 The | wild-deer and | w»lf | 7 to a J covert can J 
 A .". A .'. /. A .*. 'A .*. .*. A .'. 
 
 flee | 
 
 A .*. 
 7 But | I have no | refuge | 7 from | famine and | dan- 
 A .'. A .*. .*. A .'. A .'. A .-. .*, A 
 
 ger | 
 
 7 A [ home and a | country | 7 re | main not to j 
 A.'. A .*. .'. A .'. A .-. A /. /. 
 
 me. | | | 
 
 A.'. A/. A.'. 
 Never a | gain | 7 in the | green | sunny | bowers | 
 A .". .'. A .'. A .'. .'. A .'. A .-. A .;. 
 7 Where my | forefathers | liv'd | 7 shall I [ spend the 
 A .'. .*. A .'. .'. A A .". .*. A 
 
 sweet | hours | 
 A .-. 
 7 Or I cover my | harp | 7 with the | wild-woven j 
 A .'. A .'. .". A.'. A ' . .*. .'.. A .*. .'. 
 
 flowers ] 
 A .*. 
 7 And | strike to the | numbers | 7 of J Erin go | 
 A .'. A .•'. .\ A .*. A .'. A ?. .'. 
 
 bragh. 
 
 A .'. A .'. 
 
EXERCISES. 15 
 
 Erin! | 7 my | country! | 7 tho 5 | sad and for | saken | 
 A .-. A .\ A' .'. A .'. A .*. .'. A .\ 
 
 7 In | dreams | 7 1 re- | visit thy | sea-beaten [ shore | 
 A .'. A ,\ A.'. .'. A .'. .-. . A .'. .'. A .'. 
 
 7 But, a | las! | 7 in a j far foreign | land I a | waken | 
 A .'. .*. A/. A.'..'. A .*. V. ' A .-..-. A .'. 
 
 7 And | sigh Tor the | friends | 7 that can | meet me 
 A .'. A ,\ .'. A .'. A /. .'. A .', 
 
 no | more. | | | 
 A .*. A .*. A .'. 
 Oh! | cruel | fate! | 7 wilt thou | never re | place me J 
 A .'. A .*. A .'. A /, .*. A .'. .'. A 
 
 7 In a | mansion; of | peace, | 7 where no | perils can | 
 a .-..•. a .-. ,'. a ,\ a .-. .y a ..-. .'•; 
 chase me? | 
 
 A ,'. 
 
 | Never a j gain shall my | brothers em | brace 
 A.\ A .'. .-. A .'. .1. A .'. ;\ A 
 
 me, | j 
 .*. A.'. 
 7 They | died to de | fend me, | 7 or | live to de | 
 A _.\ A .". .\ A .\ A ,\ A .*. .*. 
 
 plore.| | 1 
 A .'. A ."." A .'. 
 
 Where is my j cabin | door 9 | fast by the | wild | 
 
 A /; .'. A ,\ A ,\ A .\ .V A .'. 
 
 wood? | 
 
 A .\ 
 
 | Sisters and | sire, ] 7 did ye | weep for its | 
 A.*. A -,\ .". A .*. A >\ .". A .\ .'. 
 
 fall? | | | 
 
 A .*. A.'. A.\ 
 Where is the | mother that | lookM on my | child 
 
 A .*. \ A ,\ .-. A .-- y-: A 
 
 hood? ] v | | 
 
 A >; A .'". 
 
16 EXERCISES. 
 
 7 And | where is the | bosom- | friend, | dearer than | 
 
 A .-. A .-. .-. A .*. a .*. A .*. 
 
 all? | | | 
 
 A .'. A/. A .'. 
 Ah! ] 7 my J sad | soul, | long a | bandon'd by | plea- 
 
 A.\ A .'. - A .*. A.'. A .*. A .*. .'. A 
 
 sure | 
 .'. A-.\ 
 Why did it | doatona | fast fading | treasure | | 
 
 A .'. .\ A .•..'. A .'. .-. A .*. A.". A.'. 
 
 Tears, 7 | 7 like the | rain-drops | 7 may j fall with- 
 A .'. A .*. .". A .'. A .\ A 
 
 out I measure J 
 A .-. 
 7 But | rapture and | beauty | 7 they | cannot re | 
 A .'. A .-. .'. A .'. A /. A /. 
 
 call. | | | 
 
 A .'. A.'. A.'. 
 Yet7 | all its ] fond | 7 recol | lections sup | pressing | 
 A .'. A .*. A .*. A .'. .'. A .*. .'. A /. 
 
 | One j dying | wish | 7 my | lone | bosom shall | 
 
 A.*. A .*. A .'. A /. A .*. A .*. A .'. 
 draw. I | | 
 A .'. A .-. A/. 
 
 Erin! | 7 an | exile | 7 be | queaths thee his | blessing | 
 
 A .'. A .*. A /. A .'. A .'. .*. A .'. 
 
 | Land of my [ forefathers! | | Erin go | bragh! | 
 
 A.'. A .*. .'. A .*. .'. A .*. A .'. .'. A /. 
 
 I i 
 
 A.'. A.'. 
 Buried and | cold, | 7 when my | heart | stills her | 
 A .'. .'. A .'. A .*. .*. A .*. A 
 
 motion | 
 
 A .*. 
 
 j Green be thy | fields | sweetest | isle of the | 
 
 &.\ A .*. .'. A .'. A .*. A .•• 
 
 ocean | 
 
 A .'. 
 
EXERCISES. 17 
 
 7 And thy | harp-striking | bards | sing a | loud with 
 
 A /. ,*. A .'. .*. A .'. A .'. A - .'. 
 
 de | votion | 
 A .\ 
 Erin | 7 ma | vournin! | Erin | go | bragh. | 
 A .*: A .'. A .'. A ,\ A.*. A .'•; A .'. A .*. 
 
 THE HERMIT, 
 
 BEATTIE. 
 
 7 At the | close of the | day, | 7 when the | hamlet is 
 A ,\ .*. A .*. -.*. A.*. A .-. A A ,\ .'. 
 
 | still, | 
 
 A .'. 
 
 1 And | mortals | 7 the | sweets of for | getfulness j 
 
 A .*. A .*. A .-. A , /, .-. A .'. .*. 
 
 prove, | 
 
 A /. 
 
 1 When | nought but the | torrent | 7 is | heard on 
 
 A .'. A .*. .'. A .*. A.'. A 
 
 the | hill, | 
 
 A .'. 
 
 7 And ] nought but the | nightingale's | song | 7 in the 
 
 A /. A .'. .'. A .-. .'. A .-. A .'. .'. 
 
 | grove: | 
 A .*. 
 
 7 It was | thus, | 7 by the | cave of 4he | mountain a | 
 
 A .'. .'. A .'. A .'. /. A .'. .'. A /. .'. 
 
 far, | 
 A.'. 
 7 While his | harp rung sym | phonious, | 7 a | hermit 
 A .'. .*. A /. /. A .'. .'. A .*. A .*. 
 
 be | £an; | 
 A A .'. 
 2* 
 
18 EXERCISES. 
 
 7 No | more with him | self, | 7 or with | nature at f 
 
 A .'. A .*. .'. A .*. A.'. .*. A .!. .'. 
 
 war, | 
 
 A .-. 
 
 7 He | thought as a | sage | 7 tho' he | felt as a | man. 
 
 A .*. A .*. .'. A .*. A .'. .'. A .*. .'. A .'. 
 
 A .'. A .'. 
 
 Ah | why | 7 all a | bandon'd to | darkness and | wo | 
 
 A/. A .'•. A .•..'. A ".*. .'. A /. .\ A.'. 
 Why | lone Philo | mela | 7 that | languishing | fall? | 
 A.'. A .'. .'. A .*. A .'. A .". .'. A .'. 
 
 7 For | spiing shall re [ turn, | 7 and a | lover bes ] 
 A .'. A .*. .'. .'. A .*. .'. A .'. .'. 
 
 tow, I 
 A .'. 
 7 And | sorrow [ 7 no | longer thy | bosom en | thrall, | 
 A .'. A /. A .'. A /. .'. A /. .'. A .-. 
 
 7 But if | pity in | spire thee, | 7 re | new the sad | 
 A .'. .'• A .'. /. A .". A .'. A 
 
 lay; | 
 A.'. 
 Mourn, | sweetest com ] plainer, | man | calls thee t« 
 
 A .\ A .*. .'. A .*. A .*. A .*. .'. 
 
 | mourn; | 
 A /. 
 O | soothe him | 7 whose | pleasures, | 7 like | thine | 
 A .*. A /. A /. A .*. A .*. A .'. 
 
 pass a | way: | 
 
 A /. A /. 
 
 Full | quickly the? | pass: | 7 but they | never re [ turn. 
 
 A .'. A /. .*. A .*. A .', .'.- A .*. /. A .'. 
 
 J I I 
 
 A. - . A/. 
 
EXERCISES. 19 
 
 Now [ gliding re | mote, | 7 on the | verge of the | 
 
 A .*. A .*. .'. A .*. A .'. .*. A .'. .*. 
 
 sky, | 
 A .'. 
 7 The | moon half ex | tinguished, [ 7 her | crescent 
 
 A .'. A .-. /. A .*. .'. A .'. A .*. 
 
 dis | plays; | 
 
 A .'. 
 
 7 But | lately I | marked | 7 when ma | jestic on | 
 
 A .'. A .*. .*. A .'. A .\ .'. A .-. /. 
 
 high; | 
 A.*. 
 7 She | shone, | 7 and the [ planets were | lost in the 
 A .;. A .'. A .'. .'. A .'. .*. A .'. .'. 
 
 | blaze. | 
 A .-. 
 Roll | on thou fair | orb, | 7 and with | gladness pur | 
 A .\ A /. /. A .-. A .'. .'. A .'. 
 
 sue I 
 A.*. 
 7 The | path | 7 that con | ducts thee to | splendor a 
 A .-. A .'. A .'. .*. A .-. A A .'. .% 
 
 1 gain; | 
 A .*. 
 7 But | man's faded | glory | 7 what | change shall re 
 A .'. A /. .'. A .'. A .*. A .'. .'. 
 
 | new? | 
 A .*. 
 Ah | fool! | 7 to ex | ult in a | glory so | vain! | | 
 A .*. A .*. A .'. .'. A .'. /. A .". .'. A .-. A .". A .*. 
 7 Tis | night, | 7 and the | landscape is | lovely no [ 
 A .\ A/. A /. .*. A .'. .*. A /. .% 
 more; | 
 A /. 
 7 I | mourn, | 7 but ye | woodlands I | mourn not for 
 A/. A /. A .*. .*. A .'. .*. A .\ .'. 
 
 A.'. 
 
20 EXERCISES. 
 
 7 For | morn is ap | proaching, | 7 your | charms to 
 A .'. A /. .'. A .*. .\ A .'. A 
 
 res | tore, | 
 .-. A .". 
 7 Per | fum'd with fresh | fragrance, | 7 and | glittering 
 A .\ A .*. .*. A :•*. A .'. A .*. 
 
 with | dew. | 
 A .'. 
 7 Nor | yet ) 7 for the | ravage of | winter I | mourn; | 
 A .". A.'. A.'. .*. A /. /. A .'. .% A .'. 
 Kind | nature | 7 the j embryo | blossom will ) save; | 
 A .'. A .'. A .'. A .*. .*. A /. /. A .'. 
 7 But | when shall | spring | visit the | mouldering | 
 A .'. A .'. A .*. A /. .*. A .'. .\ 
 
 urn! | 
 A.'. 
 | when shall it | dawn | 7 on the | night of the | 
 A .'. A .'. .*. A .-. A .'. /. A .'. .*. 
 
 grave! | | | 
 A .'. A.*. A.'. 
 
 7 It was | thus, | 7 by the | glare of false [ science be 
 
 A .% /. A .*. A .*. .'. A .'. .'. A .'. .*, 
 
 I tray'd, | 
 A .'. 
 
 7 That | leads to be | wilder; | 7 and | dazzles to | 
 
 A .-. A /. .*. A .\ A .'. A /. .'. 
 
 blind; | 
 
 A .*. 
 
 7 My | thoughts wont to | roam, | 7 from | shade | on 
 A .V A /. .*. A .'. A .*. A .*. A 
 
 ward to | shade, | 
 - .'. .*. A .'. A.'. 
 7 Des | cruction be | fore me, | 7 and | sorrow be | 
 A .*. A .". .'. A .*. A /. A /. .'. 
 
 hind, j 
 
 A /. 
 
EXERCISES. %\ 
 
 0,1 I pity* I g reat I Father of | light, | 7 then I | cried, 
 
 A .'. A .'. A .*. A .*. .-. A .'. A /. .*. A .'. 
 
 A .'. 
 Thy | creature, | 7 who | fain would not [ wander from 
 
 A.'. A .'. A .*. A .*. .-. A .*. 
 
 | thee; | 
 A .'. 
 Lo! | humble in f dust, | 7 1 re | iinquish my | pride: | 
 A.'. A .\ .'. A.'. A.\ .\ A .'. .*. A .'. 
 7 From | doubt and from | darkness, j thou | only 
 A .'. A .*. .'. A .'. A.". A.*. 
 
 canst | free | | | 
 A .*. A.*. A.'. 
 
 7 And | darkness and | doubt | 7 are now | flying a | 
 
 A .-. A .'. .'. A .'. A .-. .\ A .'. .*. 
 
 way, | 
 
 A .'. 
 No ] longer I | roam in de | jection for | lorn, | | 
 A.*. A .'. /. A /. .*. A .*. ( .\ A /. A .*. 
 So | breaks on the [ traveller, | | faint and a ( 
 A.'. A /. .". A /. .*. A .'. A 
 
 stray, | 
 
 A .'. 
 
 7 The | bright and the | balmy ef | fulgence of | morn. 
 
 A .-. A .'. .'.. A .'." /. A /. .\ A .% 
 
 I I 
 
 A .'. 
 
 See | truth, love and | mercy | 7 in | triumph de | 
 
 A .*. A .*. .% A /, A .-. A .*. 
 
 scending, | 
 
 A .*. 
 
 7 And | Nature | all | glowing in | Eden's first j, 
 A /. A .'. A.*. A .*. .*. A .'. 
 
 blooni! | 
 A /. 
 
22 EXERCISES. 
 
 On the | cold cheek of | death, | smiles and [ roses are 
 
 A " .'. A /. .'. A .'. A .'. A /. .'. 
 
 | blending, | 
 
 A 
 
 7 And | beauty im | mortal | 7 a | wakes from the j 
 
 A .'. A .'. .*. A .-. A/. A 
 
 tomb. | | | 
 
 A .*. A.'. A/. 
 
 GRAY'S ELEGY IN A COUNTRY CHURCH- 
 YARD. 
 
 Reprinted according to the original Copy. 
 
 7 The | curfew | toils, [ | 7 the | knell of | parting | 
 
 A .*. A .". A ,*. A.'. A .*. A .-. A .(-. 
 
 day, | 
 
 A .\ 
 7 The [ towing | herd | wind | slowly | 7 o'er the | lea; 
 
 A .'. A .'. A /. A .'. A .'. A /. ;% A.*. 
 
 I I 
 
 A .'. 
 
 7 The -|. ploughman J homeward | plods his | weary j 
 A .*. A .'. A .*. A .'. A .'. 
 
 way, I 
 
 A .*. 
 I 7 And | leaves the | world [ 7 to | darkness | 7 and 
 A.'. A/. A .". A.\ A/. A ,'. A .*. 
 
 to | me. | || 
 
 .*. A/. A.'. A .'. 
 
 7 Now | fades the | glimmering | landscape | 7 on the 
 
 A .-. A- .*. A .". .". A .*. A.*. .'• 
 
 | Sight, | 
 '■ A .'. 
 | 7 And | all the | air | 7 a | solemn | stillness | 
 
 A.\ A /. A .'. A.*. A :\ A .'. A .*. 
 
 holds I 
 
 A .\ 
 
EXERCISES. 25 
 
 ( | Save | 7 where the | beetle | wheels his | 
 
 A.\ A .'. A .*. A .\ .'. A /. A 
 
 droning | flight | 
 A .'. A \ 
 
 7 And ] drowsy | tinklings ) lull the | distant | folds. 
 
 A .'. A .'. A .*. A .*. A .*. A .'. 
 
 I I I 
 
 A .'. A .*. 
 
 Save that | 7 from | yonder | ivy^ | mantled | tower | 
 A A A .-. A .*. A .-. A /. A .*. 
 
 7 The | moping | owl | does to the | moon com j 
 A /. A .'. A/. A .'. .*. A 
 
 plain | 
 A .'. 
 7 Of | such as | wandering | near her | secret | bow- 
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 er | 
 
 7 Mo | lest her | ancient [ | solitary | reign; | 
 
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 7 Be | neath | those | rugged | elms | that | yew-tree'* 
 
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 ] shade | 
 
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 7 Where | heaves the | turf in | many a | mouldering 
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 I heap | 
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 7 The | rude | fore | fathers of the | hamlet | sleep, 
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 7 The | breezy | call of | incense | breathing | morn j 
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24 EXERCISES. 
 
 7 The | swallow ( twittering | 7 from the | straw built 
 
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 I shed, | 
 
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 7 The | cock's shrill | clarion, | 7 or the | echoing \ 
 
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 horn j 
 
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 7 No | more shall ] rouse them | 7 from their | lowly | 
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 bed. | | | 
 
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 7 For | them | no | more | 7 the | blazing | hearth shall 
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 | burn | 
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 7 Nor | busy | housewife | ply her | evening | care ) 
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 | No | children | run | 7 to | ltsp their | sire's re | 
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 turn | 
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 | 7 Or | climb his | knees, | 7 the | envy'd | kiss to 
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 | share. | | | 
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 7 Their | furrow | oft | 7 the | stubborn j glebe | 7 has 
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 | broke | 
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EXERCISES. 25 
 
 How | bow'd the | woods | 7 be | neath ] 7 their | stur- 
 
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 dj | stroke, j 
 
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 Let not Am [ bition | | mock their | useful | toil. | 
 
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 7 Their | homely | joys | 7 and | destiny ob | scure, ] 
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 7 Nor | Grandeur | hear | 7 with a dis | dainful | 
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 smile | 
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 7 The | short and | simple J annals | 7 of the | poor. | 
 
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 7 The | boast of | heraldry, | 7 the | pomp of | power, | 
 
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 .7 And I all that | beauty, | ] all that | wealth, } e'er 
 
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 7 A | wait, a | like, | 7 the in | pvitable [ hour; j 
 
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 ] 7 The | paths of | g^ory | | lead | but to the | 
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 grave. | | | 
 
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 7 Nor | you, | 7 ye | Proud! | 7 im | pute to | these the 
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 | fault, | 
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 7 If | memory | 7 o'er their | tomb [ no (trophies j 
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 raise; | 
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2d EXERCISES. 
 
 "Where thro' the | long-drawn | aisle | 7 and | fretted j 
 
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 vault, | 
 
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 1 The | pealing | anthem | swells the j note of | praise. 
 
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 7 Can | storied j urn, | 7 or | animated | bust j 
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 Back to its | mansion, | | call the | fleeted | breath? | 
 
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 | 7 Can 1 Honour's | voice | 7 pro ] voke the | silent 
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 | dust, | 
 
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 7 Or | Flattery | soothe | 7 the | dull | cold | ear of | 
 
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 death? | j | 
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 7 Per ] haps, | 7 in J this neg | lected | spot, | 7 ig | 
 
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 laid, | 
 
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 fire; | | 
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 swaj'd, | 
 
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 7 Or | wak'd to | ecstacj | 7 the | living | lyre. | | j 
 
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EXERCISES. -07 
 
 3 But | Knowledge | 7 to | their | eyes | 7 her | ample 
 
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 Rich with the | spoils of | Time, | 7 did | ne'er un | 
 
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 roll; | | | 
 
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 Chill | Penury [ 7 re | pressed their ] noble | rage | 
 
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 7 And | froze the | genial | current | 7 of the | soul. 
 
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 Full | many a | gem of | purest | ray se | rene, | 
 
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 7 The | dark, | | un | fathom'd | caves of | ocean | 
 
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 bear; | 
 
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 Full | many a | ilower | 7 is | born | 7 to | blush un | 
 
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 seen, | 
 
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 1 And | waste its | sweetness | 7 on the | desert ] air. 
 
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 Some | village | Hampden, | 7 that with [ dauntless j 
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 breast, | 
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 7 The | little | tyrant of his | fields | 7 with | stood; | 
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 Some | mute in | glorious ) Milton \ here may | rest, j 
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28 EXERCISES. 
 
 | Some | Cromwell, | | gu'ltless | 7 of his | coun- 
 
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 try's [ blood. | 
 
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 7 The ap J plause of | listening [ senates | 7 to com [ 
 
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 mand; | 
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 | 7 The | threats of | pain and | ruin [ 7 tode | spise; 
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 7 To | scatter [ plenty | 7 o'er a | smiling | land, | 
 
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 7 And | read their | history | 7 in a | nation's | eyes; | 
 
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 Their | lot for | bade: | 7 nor | circumscrib'd a | lone | 
 
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 7 Their | growing | virtues, | 7 but their | crimes con- 
 
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 [ fin'd; | 
 
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 7 For | bade to | wade thro' | slaughter | 7 to a | 
 
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 throne, | 
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 7 And | shut the | gates of [ mercy | 7 on man | kind; | 
 
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 7 The | struggling | pangs of j conscious | Truth to | 
 
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 hide. | 
 
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 7To | quench the | blushes [ 7of in | genuous | shame f 
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 7 Or [ heap the | shrine of | Luxury | 7 and | Pride | 
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EXERCISES. £9 
 
 7 With | incense | kindled | 7 at the | Muse's ) flame. 
 
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 7 Yet | even | these | bones | 7 from | insult | 7 to pro- 
 
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 ! tect, | 
 
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 Some | frail me | morial | still e | rected | nigh, | 
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 7 With | un | couth ] rhymes, | 7 and | shapeless | 
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 sculpture | deck'd, | 
 
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 7 Im | plores the | passing | tribute | 7 of a | sigh. ] 
 
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 7Their | names, | 7 their ] years, | spelt by the un | let- 
 
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 ter'd | muse, | | 
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 7 The | place of | fame and | elegy | 7 sup | ply? j 
 
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 | 7 And j many a | holy | text | 7 a | round she j 
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 strews | 
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 7 That | teach the | rustic ] moralist ( 7 to | die | 
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 7 For | who | 7 to | dumb for [ getfulness a | prey, J 
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 7 This | pleading | arixious | boiug | eVr re | dgn'd, j 
 
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50 EXERCISES. 
 
 Left the | warm | precincts | lofthe | cheerful | day, [ 
 
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 | 7 Nor | cast | one | longing | lingering [ look be | 
 
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 hind. | | | 
 
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 7 On | some j fond | breast | 7 the | parting | soul re | 
 
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 lies, | 
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 | Some [ pious | drops | 7 the | closing | eye re- [ 
 
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 quires, | 
 
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 | Ev'n from the | tomb, | 7 the | voice of | Nature [ 
 
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 cries; | 
 
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 Ev'n in our | ashes, | | live their | wonted | fires. 
 
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 7 For | thee who | mindful | 7 of the un | honor'd | 
 
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 dead; | 
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 Dost in these | lines, | 7their | artless | tale re | late, | 
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 7 By | chance and ] lonely | conteni | plation | led, J 
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 7 To ] wander | 7 in the | gloomy | walks of | fate. | 
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 breathes a | round, | 
 
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EXERCISES. 31 
 
 Bids | every | fierce tu | multuous | passion | cease; | 
 
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 | 7 In | still | small | accents | whispering | 7 from 
 
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 the | ground, | 
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 7 A | grateful | earnest | 7 of e | ternal | peace. ( 
 
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 7 No [ more with | Nature | 7 and thy | self at | 
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 strife, | 
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 7 Give | anxious | cares and ] endless | wishes | 
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 room, | 
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 But thro' the j cool | 7 se | quester'd | vale of | life, ] 
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 1 Pur | sue the | noiseless | tenor | 7 of thy | doom. | 
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 APOSTROPHE TO THE QUEEN OF FRANCE. 
 
 BURKE. 
 
 1 It is j now, [ sixteen or | seventeen | years | 7since 
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 I | saw the | Queen of | France, | then the | Dauphin- 
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 ess, | 7 at Ver | sai'les: | | 7 and | surely | never | 
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33 
 
 EXERCISES. 
 
 lighted on this 
 
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 to | touch, | 7 a 
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 | 7 I | saw her 
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 decorating and 
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 1 she | just be 
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 7 like the 
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 | splendour 
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 what a 
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 hardly 
 
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 seemed 
 
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 morning 
 
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 orb, | 7 which she 
 
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 more de | lightful | vision. | 
 
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 bove the ho | rizon, | 
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 cheering | 7 the | elevated | sphere | 
 
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 gan to | move in: | | glittering, | 
 
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 star; | | full of | life, | 7 and 
 
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 7 and 
 
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 out e I motion, 
 
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 fall! | | | 
 
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 titles of | vene 
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 astic, | distant, 
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 should | ever be o 
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 antidote | 7 a 
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 that | bosom: 
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 should have I 
 
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 revo | lution! 
 
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 have, | 7 to | 
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 that | 7 ele 
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 | | 7 and | what a | 
 
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 contemplate | 7 with | 
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 vation | 7 and | that | 
 
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 en 
 
 dream | 7 that | when she 
 
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 ration | 7 to | those of 
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 7 re | spectful | love, | 
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 bliged | 7 to | carry the 
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 gainst dis | grace | 7 con 
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 added | 
 
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 | thusi | 
 
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 that she 
 
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 sharp | 
 
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 cealed in | 
 
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 | little did J | dream | that I 
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 see | such dis | asters | fallen 
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EXERCISES. 33 
 
 up | on her | 7 in a | nation of | gallant | men; | 
 
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 7 in a | nation of | men of | < s, >r | 7 and of | cheva- 
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 liers. | | 71 | thought | ten | thousand | swords 
 
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 | 7 must have | leaped from their | scabbanlfe [ 
 
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 7 to a | venge | even a | look | 7 that | threatened | 
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 her with | insult. | | | 7 But the | age of | chivalry 
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 | 7 is | gone. | | That of | sophisters, | 7 e | cono- 
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 mists and | calculators, | 7 has sue | ceeded; | 
 
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 7 and the | glory of | Europe | 7 is ex | tinguished | 
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 7 for | ever. | | Never, | never | more, | shall 
 
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 we be | hold | 7 that | generous | loyalty | 7 to | rank 
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 and | sex, | | 7 that | proud sub | mission, | 
 
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 7that I dignified o | bedience, | | 7thatsub | ordi | 
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 nation of the | heart, | | 7 which | kept a | live, | 
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 even in ^servitude it ] self, | 7 the | spirit | 7 of an 
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 ex | alted | freedom. | | 7 The | unbought | 
 
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 grace of | life, | 7 the | cheap de | fence of | nations, 
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 | 7 the | nurse of | manly | sentiment | 7 and he- 
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34 EXERCISES. 
 
 | roic [ enterprise J 7 is J gone! | | 7 It is j gone. 
 
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 | 7 that | sensi | hility of | principle, | | 7 that | 
 
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 chastity of | honor-, | | 7 which | felt a | stain | 
 
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 7 like a j^ound, | | 7 which in | spired | courage | 
 
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 7 whilst it [ mitigated fe | rocity, | | 7 which en | 
 
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 nobled | 7 what | ever it | touched; | | 7 and | 
 
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 under | which, | vice ii | sdf | lost | half its j evil, | 
 
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 7 by | losing | all its | grossness. | 
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 CANDOUR. 
 
 pope's essay on criticism. 
 
 7 Be | thou the | first | true | merit | 7 to be | friend. 
 
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 His | praise is | lost 7 | 7 who | stays | 7 till | all com [ 
 
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 mend, j 
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 Short is the | date, a [ las, 7 [ 7 of | modern | rhymes; | 
 
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 | 7 And | 'tis but | just [7 to | let them [ live be | 
 
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 times, j | | 
 
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EXERCISES. 35 
 
 No | longer | now that | golden j age ap | pears, | 
 
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 7 When | patriarch | wits | 7 sur | vived | 7 a | thou- 
 
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 sand | years: | | 
 
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 Now j length of | fame | 7 (our | second j life) J 7 Is } 
 
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 lost, ( 
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 7 And | bare | three | score | 7 is | all even | that can 
 
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 | boast; | 
 
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 1 Our | sons | 7 their | father's | failing | language | 
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 see: | 
 
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 7 And | such as | Chaucer J Is 7 ] | 7 shall | Dryden 
 
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 I be. 7 | | | 
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 So | 7 when the | faithful | pencil | 7 has de | sign'd, | 
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 Some | bright i | dea J 7 of the | masters | mind, | 
 
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 Where a new | world | leaps | out | at his com j 
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 mand, | 
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 7 And | ready | nature | waits | upon his | hand; j 
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 When the | ripe ] colours | soften | 7 and u | nite, | 
 
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 7 And | sweetly | melt | into just [ shade and | light, ] 
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36 EXERCISES. 
 
 1 When | mellowing | years | 7 their | full per | fection 
 
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 7 And ] each | bold | figure | | just be ] gins to | 
 
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 live, | 
 
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 7 The | treacherous | colours | 7 the fair | art be | 
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 tray, ] 
 
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 7 And | all the | bright ere | ation | fades a | way! [ 
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 7 Un | happy | wit, [ | like | most mis | taken | 
 
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 things, | 
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 7 A | tones not | 7 for that | envy | 7 which it | brings. 
 
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 7 In | youth a | lone, | 7 its | empty | praise | 7 we | 
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 boast, | 
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 7 But | soon ] 7 the | short-lived | vanity is | lost: | 
 
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 7 Like | so e | fa r j flower | 7 the | early | spring sup- 
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EXERCISES. 37 
 
 " That | gaily | blooms, ] | 7 but | even in | bloom- 
 
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 ing | dies. | | | 
 
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 7 If | wit so | much from ] ignorance | 7 under | go, | 
 
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 [ Ah | let not | learning | too | 7 com | mence its | 
 
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 foe! | | I 
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 7 Of J old, I those met re | wards | who could ex | 
 
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 eel, |- 
 
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 '7 And | such were | prais'd | who but en | deavour'd 
 
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 | welb I 
 
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 7 Tho' ] triumphs | were to | generals | only | due, | 
 
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 Crowns were re | serv'd | 7 to | grace the | soldiers | 
 
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 too. [ I I 
 
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 Now, | they who | reach Par | nassus' | lofty | crown, j 
 
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 7 Em | ploy their | pains to | spurn some | others | 
 
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 down; | 
 
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 7 And | whil^ | self | love | 7 each | jealous | writer | 
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 rules, | 
 
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38 EXERCISES. 
 
 7 Con | fending | wits | 7 be | come | 7 the | sport of j 
 
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 fools. I I I 
 
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 7 But | still I 7 the | worst | 7 with | most re | gret 
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 com | mem!; | 
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 j 7 For | each | ill | author | 7 is as | had a | friend. 
 
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 7 To what | ba*e | ends | and by what | abject | ways,] 
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 7 Are | mortals | urg'd through | sacred | lust of | 
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 praise! | 
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 Ah ] ne'er so | dire a | thirst of | glory ] boast, | 
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 Nor in the | critic | | let the | man be | lost. | 
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 Good | nature | 7 and | good | sense | 7 must | ever | 
 
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 7 To | err is | human; | | 7 to for | give, | 7 di | vine. 
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( 39 ) 
 THE CHEVALIER'S LAMENT. 
 
 BURNS. 
 
 7 The | small birds ] 7 re [ joice in the | green leaves 
 
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 re | turning, | 
 
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 7 The | murrhuririg | streamlet | winds | clear | 7 thro' 
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 the | vale, | 
 
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 7 The | hawthorn-trees | | blow in the | dews of 
 
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 the [ morning, | 
 
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 7 And | wild scattered | cowslips | 7 be | deck the 
 
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 sweet | dale. | 
 
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 7 But | what can give | pleasure, ] 7 or | what can 
 
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 seem | fair, | 
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 7 While the | lingering | moments | 7 are j number'd 
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 by | care? | 
 
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 No | flowers | gaily | springing | 7 nor | birds, | sweet- 
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 \j | singing, | 
 
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 7 Can | soothe | 7 the | sad | bosom | 7 of | joyless 
 
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 des | pair. | | | 
 
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40 EXERCISES. 
 
 7 The | deed that I | dared | 7 could it | merit their | 
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 malice? | 
 
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 7 A | king and a | father | 7 to | place on his | throne? | 
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 7 His | right | 7 are these | hills | 7 and his | right | 
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 7 are these | vallies, | 
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 7 Where the | wild | beasts | find | shelter, | 7 but | I 
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 can find | none, | 
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 7 But | 'tis not | my | sufferings | thus | wretched | . 
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 7 for | lorn! | 
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 7 My [ brave [ gallant [ friends, | 7 'tis | your | ruin 
 
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 I ] mourn; | 
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 Your | deeds | proved | so | loyal | 7 in | hot bloody 
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 I trial, | 
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 7 A | las! | 7 can I | make you no | sweeter re | turn! | 
 
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 DIRGE IN CYMBELINK 
 
 COLLINS. 
 
 7 To I fair Fi [ dele's | grassy | tomb, | | 
 
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 Soft | maids and | village | hinds | 7 shall | bring 
 
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EXERCISES. 41 
 
 Each | opening | sweet, | 7 of | earliest | bloom, | 
 
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 7 Ami | rifle | all | 7 the | breathing | spring. | | J 
 
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 No j wailing | ghost j 7 shall | dare ap | pear, | 
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 7 To | vex with | shrieks, | 7 this | quiet | grove; j 
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 | 7 But. | shepherd | lads as | semble ] here; | 
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 7And | melting | virgins | | own their | love. | | I 
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 No | withered | witch ] 7 shall J here be | seen, | 
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 No I goblins | lead their | nightly | crew; ] j 
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 7 The | female ] fays | 7 shall | haunt the [green, I 
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 7 Ami | dress thy | grave | 7 with (pearly | dew. | 
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 7 The | red breast | oft. | 7 at | evening | hours [ 
 
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 7 Shall | kindly | | lend his | little | aid | 
 
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 7 With | hoary | moss, | 7 and | <*ather'd | flowers, | 
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 7 To | deck the | ground | 7 wh-re | thou art | laid. 
 
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 7 When j howling | winds | 7 and | beating | rain j 
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 7 In | tempests | | shake thy | sylvan | cell; 
 
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A% EXERCISES. 
 
 7 Or [ midst the | cbace | 7 on | every | plain, j 
 
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 7 The | tender | thought | 7 on | thee shall | dwell: 
 
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 Each | lonely j scene | 7 shall | thee re | store, | 
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 7 For | thee, | 7 the | tear | 7 be | duly | shed; | | 
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 7 Be | lov'd, | 7 till | life | 7 can | charm no | more; | 
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 7 And | mourn'd, | 7 till | Pity's | self be | dead. | 
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 HOHENLINDEN. 
 
 CAMPBELL. 
 
 7 On | Linden | [ when the | sun was | low, | 
 
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 7 All | bloodless | | lay the un | trodden | snow, 
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 | 7 And | dark as | winter | 7 was the | flow | 
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 7 Of | Iser | rolling | rapidly. | 
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 1 But I Linden | | saw an | other | sight | 
 
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 When the | drum j beat | 7 at | dead of | night [ 
 
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 7 Com | manding | fires of | death, | 7 to | light f 
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 7 The [ darkness | 7 of her | scenery. | 
 
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EXERCISES. 4S 
 
 7 By | torch and | trumpet | | fast ar | ray'd | 
 
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 Each | horseman | drew his ] battle | blade, | 
 
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 7 And | furious | | every | charger | neighed | 
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 7 To | join the | dreadful | revelry. | 
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 Then | shook the | hills' | 7 with | thunder | riven, | 
 
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 Then J rush'd the | steed, | 7 to ] battle | driven, | 
 
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 ] And | louder than the | bolts of | heaven, | 
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 Far, | fiash'd | 7 the | red | 7 ar | tillery. | [ | 
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 7 And | redder | yet | 7 those | fires shall | glow, | 
 
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 7 On | Linden's | hills of | blood-stain'd | snow, | | 
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 7 And | darker [ yet | 7 shall | be the j flow, | 
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 7 Of | Iser | rolling | rapidly. | 
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 7'Tis | morn; | | 7 but | scarce | yon | lurid | sun \\ 
 
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 1 7 Can | pierce the | war-clouds ] rolling | dun; | 
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 7 Where j furious | Frank | 7 and | fiery | Hun | 
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 | Shout in their | sulphurous | canopy. | 
 
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 7 The | combat | deepens. | | On | 7 ye | brave I 
 
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44 EXERCISE*. 
 
 7 Who | rush to j glory | | 7 or the | grave: | I 
 
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 Wave | | Munich | | all t h v | banners | wave; | r | 
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 7 And | charge | 7 with | all | 7 thy | chivalry. | 1 
 
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 Few | few shall [ part | 7 where | many | meet. | 
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 7 The | snow | 7 shall be their | winding | sheet; | 
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 7 And | every | turf | 7 be | neath their | f et 
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 7 Shall | be a | so'dier's | sepulchre. | 
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 THE THUNDER STORM. 
 
 BY MONTGOMERY. 
 
 O for | evening's | brownest | shade; | 
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 | Where the | breezes | play | 7 by [ stealth, 
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 7 In the | forest- | cinctured | -ilade, [ 
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 Round the | hermitage of | Health: | | 
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 7 While the | noon-bright | mountains | blaze, [ 
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 7 In the | sun's tor | menting | rays: | | | 
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 O'er the | sick and | sultry | plains, J 
 
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EXERCISES. 45 
 
 Through the | dim | 7 de | lirious | air. | 
 
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 Agonizing | silence | reigns; | 
 
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 7 And the | wanness [ 7 of des | pair. | | 
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 Nature | faints | 7 with | fervent | heat; | 
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 Ah! | 7 her | pulse | 7 has | ceas'd to | beat. | 
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 Now in [ deep and | dreadful | gloom, | 
 
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 Clouds on | clouds | 7 por | tentou* | spread; | 
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 Black | as if the | day of | doom, | 
 
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 Hung o'er | nature's | shrinking | hea>l. | 
 
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 Lo, [7 the J lightning | breaks from | high; | 
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 God is | coming, | | God j 7 is | nigh. | 
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 Hear ye not | 7 his | chariot | wheels, | 
 
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 7 As the | mighty | thunder | rolls; | 
 
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 Nature, | | startled | nature, | | reels, | 
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 7 From the | centre ] 7 to the | poles. | 
 
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 Tremble ] ocean | earth | 7 and | sky, | 
 
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 Tremble, | | God | 7 is | passing | by. | 
 
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 Darkness | | wild with | horror [ forms 
 
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46 EXERCISES. 
 
 Hismys | tcrious | hiding | place; | | j 
 
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 Should he | 7 from his | ark of | storms | 
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 Rend the | veil | 7 and | show his | face^ | 
 
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 7 At the | judgment | 7 of his | eye | 
 
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 All die | universe | 7 would | die | 
 
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 Brighter | broader | lightnings | flash, | 
 
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 Hail and | rain, | 7 ftm | pe&tujous | fall, | 
 
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 Louder | deeper | thunders | crash, | 
 
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 Deso | latitfn | threatens | ail. | [ | 
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 Struggling | nature | gasps for | brearh, | 
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 7 In the | agony | 7 of ] ileath, [ 
 
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 God of j vengeance | 7 from a | bove, | 
 
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 While thine | awful | bolts are J hurl'd, ) 
 
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 | 0, | 7 re [ member | J thou | 7 art | love: | 
 
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 Spare, | 0, | spare | 7 a | guilty | world. | 
 
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 Stay thy | flaming | wrath a | while: | 
 
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 See thy | bow of | promise | smile. | 
 
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EXERCISES. 4f 
 
 Welcome | 7 in the | Eastern | cloud 7 j 
 
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 Messenger of | mere)' | srili; | 
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 Now | 7 ye | winds | 7 pro ] claim a | loud 7 | 
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 Peace on | earth, | 7 to | man | j^ood | will. | 1 
 
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 Nature, | God's re | panting | chile: | 
 
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 See thy | parent [ | leconcil'cl. | j 
 
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 .Hark, | | 7 the ] nightingale | | 7 a | far, | [ 
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 Sweetly | sjrigs the | bun to | rest; | 
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 7 And a | wakes th; | evening | star, | 
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 7 In the | mm | tinted | west; | 
 
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 While the | iiioon's en [ chanting | eyeyj 
 
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 Opens | Paradise j 7 »>j | high. | [ | 
 
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 Clear and | tranquil | 7 is the j n?ght, [ 
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 Native's | sore af | motions | cas j ; | 
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 7 And th" | storm that [ ben! its | ', )o.ht. | 
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 Has a j covenant | 7 of [peace. | [ 
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 Vengeanc" | <irops her | harmless | rod, | 
 
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 Mercy [ 7 is the | power of | God. | | [ 
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( 48 ) 
 
 LUCY. 
 
 WORDSWORTH. 
 
 Three | years | 7 she | grew, | 7 in | sun and | shower, 
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 Then | nature | said, | "7 a | lovelier | flower | 
 
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 7 On | earth | 7 was | never | sjjwn; | 
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 This I child | I to my ] self | 7 will | take; | 
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 | She shall be | mine, | | and I will | make J 
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 7 A | lady | 7 of my | own. | 
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 i( 1 My | self | will to my | darling | | be, | 
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 7 Both | law and | impulse; | | 7 and with | me | 
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 7 The | ml | 7 in | rock | • and | piain, | 
 
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 7 In | earth and | heaven, | 7 hi j glade and | bower, j 
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 7 Shall | feel | 7 an | over | seeing- | power | 
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 7 To | kindle | 7 and re | strain. | | | 
 
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 "She shall be | sportive | 7 as the ] fuwa | 
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 7 That | wild with | glee | 7 t | cross the [ lawn J 
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EXERCISES. , 49 
 
 7 Or | up the | mountain | | springs; | | - 
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 7 And | her's | 7 shall | be the | breathing | balm, | 
 
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 7 And | her's | 7 the | silence | 7 and the | calm | 
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 7 Of | mute in | sensate | things. | 
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 "7 The | floating | clouds] 7 their | state shall | lend [ 
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 7 To | her; | | 7 for | her | 7 the | willow | bend; | 
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 | Nor shall *he | fail to | see; | 
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 Even in the | motions | 7 of the | storm | 
 
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 Grace | 7 that shai | mould | 7 the j maiden's | form, | 
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 7 By | silent | sympathy. | 
 
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 | 7 "The | stars of | midnight | 7 shall be | dear | 
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 7 To | her; | | and she shall | Kan her | ear | 
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 7 hi | manv a | secret | pUce, | 
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 7 Where | rivuiets j dance their | wayward | round, 
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 7 And | beauty. | | born of] murmuring ] sound, | 
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 7 Shall | pass | into her | face* | | | 
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50 EXERCISES. 
 
 "7 And | vital | feelings of de | light | 
 
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 7 Shall | rear her | form | 7 to | stately | height; ] 
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 ] 7 Her | virgin | bosom | swell; | 
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 Such | rhoughts | 7 to J Lucy | 7 I will | give, | 
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 7 While | she and | I | 7 to [ gether | live | 
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 Here | 7 in this | happy | dell." | | | 
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 Thus ] Nature | spake. | | 7 The | work [ 7 was 
 
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 done. | 
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 7 How | soon | 7 my ] Lucy's | race | 7 was | run! ] 
 
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 7 Shi | died, | | 7 and | left to | me | 
 
 A .'. A .'. A .'. A .'. A .-. A .-. 
 
 7 This | heath, | 7 this | calm and | quiet [ scene; | 
 A .-. A .'. A .'. A .'. A .-. A /. 
 
 | 7 The | memory of ] what | has | been, | 
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 | 7 And | never | more | will | be. | 
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 MORNING. 
 
 BYRON. 
 
 Night I wanes, | | 7 the | vapours | round the 
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 mountains | curl'd, | 
 
% EXERCISES. 51 
 
 Melt into | morn, | | 7 and | light a | wakes the | 
 
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 world; | 
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 Man | 7 lias an | other | day J 7 to | swell the | past, | 
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 A .'. 
 7 And \ lead him | near to | little: | 7 but his | last. | 
 
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 7 But | m ghty | Nature, | ] bounds | 7 as from her 
 
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 I birth, | | 
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 1 The | sun | 7 is in the | heavens, | 7 and [ life on | 
 
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 earth; | | 
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 Flowers | 7 in the | valley, | [ splendour ] 7 in the 
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 ] beam, | | 
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 Health | 7 on the | gale, | | 7 and [ freshness | 7 in 
 -A .'. A.*. .'. A.'. A.*. A .'. A ,\ A .'. 
 
 the | stream; | | 
 
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 7 Im | mortal | man! | | 7 be ] hold her | glories | 
 
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 shine, | 
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 7 And | cry, | 7 ex | ulting | inly, | | " they are ] 
 
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 thine!" | | | 
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52 EXERCISES 
 
 Gaze | on, | 7 while | jet thy | gladden'd | eye | maj 
 
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 [ see: I 
 
 A.'. 
 7 A | morrow | comes, ] | when they are | not for 
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 | thee: | | 
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 7 And | grieve | what | may | 7 a | bove thy | sense- 
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 less [ bier, J 
 A .', 
 7 Nor | earth, | 7 nor | sky, | 7 will | yield | 7 a | sin- 
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 gle | tear; | | 
 A .'. A .'. 
 7 Nor | cloud [ 7 shall | gather | more, | 7 nor | leaf | 
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 7 shall | fa!!, | | 
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 7 Nor | gale | breathe | forth | one | sigh | 7 for | thee, 
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 | 7 for | all. | | j 
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 7 But | creeping | things | 7 shall ] revel | 7 in their | 
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 spoil, | | 
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 7 And | fit thy | clay | 7 to | fertilize the ( soil. ] [ | 
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 THE BATTLE OF WARSAW. 
 
 7 When | leagued op f pression | pour'd to | northern 
 
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 | wars, | 
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EXERCISES. 53 
 
 1 Her | whisker'd | pandoors, | 7 and her | fierce | 
 
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 7 hus J sars, | 
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 Wav'd her | dread | standard | 7 to the | breeze of | 
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 morn, | 
 A .'. 
 
 | Peal'd her [loud | drum, | 7 and | twang'd her j 
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 trumpet | horn; | 
 
 A .;. A .-. 
 | 7 Tu | multuous | horror | [ brooded | o'er her 
 
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 i van > ( 
 
 A .-. 
 
 7 Pre I saging | wrath, | 7 to | Poland, | | 7 and to 
 
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 I ™n! I I I 
 
 A .-. A/. A.\ 
 
 Warsaw's | last | champion, | 7 from her | height | 
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 7 sur | veyed, | 
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 Wide o'er the | fields, | 7 a | waste of | ruin | laid; | 
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 A.'. A/. 
 
 O! [ Heaven! | 7 he | cried, | 7 my | bleeding | country 
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 | save! | 
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 | Is there no [ hand on | high, | 7 to | shield the | 
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 brave? | | 
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 5* 
 
54 EXERCISES. 
 
 What though de | struction { | sweep these | lovel j 
 
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 | plains, | 
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 Rise, | fellow | men! [ 7 our | country | [ yet re | 
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 mains! [ 
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 7 By | that | dread | name, | 7 we | wave the [ sword 
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 on | high, | 
 
 .*. A .'. 
 7 And | swear | 7 for | her to [ live! | [ 7 with | her 
 
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 | 7 to | die! | | | 
 
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 7 He | said, [ | and on the J rampart [ heights | 
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 7 ar | rayed | 
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 7 His | trusty | warriors, | | few, | 7 but [ undis | 
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 may'd; | 
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 j Firm | paced, | 7 and | slow, | 7 a | horrid | front 
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 they | form, | | 
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 Still | 7 as the | breeze, | 7 but | dreadful | 7 as the | 
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 storm; | 
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 Low | murmuring | sounds a | long their | banners | 
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EXERCISES. 55 
 
 7 Re | venge ] 7 or | death, | 7 the [watchword | 7 and 
 
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 re | ply; | | ] 
 
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 Then J peal'd the | notes, | 7 om | nipotent to ] charm,] 
 
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 7 And the | loud | tocsin | | toll'd | 7 their | last a [ 
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 lann. | | [ 
 
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 7 [n [ vain, | 7 a | las! | 7 in | vain, f j 7 ye J gal- 
 
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 lant j few! | 
 .-. "a .-. 
 7 From | rank to | rank | 7 your | volley'd | thunder | 
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 flew; | | 
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 Oh! | bloodiest | picture | 7 in the [ book of | Time, | 
 
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 7 Sar | matia | fell, | m\ | wept, | 7 with | out a | 
 A .'. A .*. A .-. A .*. A .'. A .'. A .'. 
 
 crime: | 
 A .-. 
 
 Found not a | generous | friend, | 7 a | pitying | foe, 1 
 
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 | Strength in her | arms, | 7 nor | mercy | 7 in h«?r | 
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 wo! | | 
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 DroppM from her (nerveless | grasp, | 7 the | shatter'd 
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 | spear, | 
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56 EXERCISES. 
 
 | Clos'd her | bright | eye, | 7 and | curb'd | 7 her j 
 
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 high ca | reer; | 
 
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 Hope, | 7 for a | season, | | bade the | world | fare- 
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 | well, | 
 
 A .'. 
 
 | 7 And | Freedom | shriek'd, | 7 as | Kosci | uskoi 
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 fell. | | | 
 
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 7 The | sun | went | down, | 7 nor | ceas'd the | car- 
 
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 nage | there, | 
 
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 7 Tu | multuous | murder | | shook the J midnight 
 
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 I air. | | 
 
 A .*. A .*. 
 
 7, On | Prague's | proud | arch | 7 the | fires of j ruin 
 
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 | glow, | 
 A .-. 
 
 7 His | blood-dyed | waters | | murmuring | far be 
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 | low; | | 
 A ,\ A .-. 
 7 The | storm pre | vails, | | 7 the | rampart | yields 
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 a | way, | 
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 Bursts the [ wild | cry | 7 of | horror | 7 and dis | may! 
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EXERCISES. 57 
 
 Hark! | | 7 as the | smouldering | piles J 7 with [ 
 
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 thunder f fall, | 
 A /. A /. 
 7 A | thousand | xhrieks | 7 for | hopeless | mercy | 
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 call! | | 
 
 A .*. A .-. 
 Earth | shook, | | red | meteors | flash'd a | long 
 A .". A .". A .'. A .'. A .*. A .-. A 
 
 the | sky, | 
 .'. A /. 
 7 And | conscious | Nature | shudder'd ] 7 at the | 
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 cry! | ' | | 
 
 A .-. A.*. A/. 
 
 7 De | parted | spirits of the | mighty | dead! | | 
 
 A .'. A .-. A .'. .'. .-. A .*. A .'. A /. 
 Ye that at | Marathon | 7 and | Leuctra | bled! | | 
 A /. .'.A .'..•. A .'. A .'. A .*. A.". 
 
 Friends of the | world! | 7 res | tore your | swords | 
 A .-. .*. A .'. A .'. A /. A .*. 
 
 7 to | man, | 
 A .'-. A .'. A /. 
 
 Fight in his | sacred | cause, | 7 and [ lead the | van! j 
 
 A .*. .-. A .-. A .". A .-. A .T A .*. 
 
 Yet for Sar | matia's | tears of | blood [ 7 a | tone, | 
 A /. .'. A .*. A .*. A .*. A.'. A.'. 
 
 7 And | make | her | arm | 7 pu | issant | 7 as your | 
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 own. | 
 
 A /. A.'. A .'. 
 Oh! | once a | gain ] 7 to | Freedom's | cause | 7 re | 
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 turn, | 
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58 EXERCISES. 
 
 Thou | patriot | Tell! | thou | Bruce | 7 of | Bannoc 
 
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 burn! | | | 
 
 A .*. A.\ A .*. 
 
 THE THAMES. 
 
 7 My | eye de | scending from the | hill, | 7 sur 
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 veys | 
 
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 7 Where | Thames a | mong the | wanton | vallies 
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 strays: | 
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 Thames! | 7 the most j lov ? d cf | all the | ocean's 
 A .'. A .*. .*. A .'. A .'. A .*. 
 
 sons I 
 
 A .-. 
 7 By his | old | sire. | 7 to his em | braces | runs, | 
 
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 Hasting to | pay his | tribute to the | sea, | 
 
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 7 Like | mortal | life ( 7 to | meet e | ternity; [ 
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 Tho' with those ] streams | 7 he | no re | semblance 
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 hold, | 
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 Whose | foam is | amber, | 7 and their | gravel | gold: 
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 His [ genuine | 7 and less | guilty | wealth to ex 
 A .'. A .*. .*. A .\ /. A /. A .% .'. 
 
 pi ore, | 
 
EXERCISES. 59 
 
 Search not his ] bottom, [ | but sur ] vey his | 
 
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 shore, | 
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 1 O'er | ihich he | kindly | spreads his | spacious | 
 
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 wing, | 
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 7 And [ hatches | plenty | 7 for the en | suing | 
 
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 spring, | 
 A .'. 
 7 Nor | then de [ stroys it | 7 with too | fond a ] stay, | 
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 7 Like J mothers | 7 which their | infants | over | lay; ^ 
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 | Nor with a | sudden and im | petuous | wave, | 
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 Like pro | fuse ] kings, [ 7 re | sumes | 7 the | wealth 
 
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 he | a;ave. | 
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 No | unex | pected | inun | dations | spoil | 
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 7 The | mower's | hopes | 7 nor | mock | 7the | plough- 
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 man's | toil; | 
 A .'. 
 7 But | godlike | his un | wearied | bounty | flows; | 
 
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 First | loves to | do, | then | loves the | good he | does. 
 
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60 EXERCISES. 
 
 Nor are his | blessings | 7 to his | banks con | fined, 
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 A.'. 
 7 But | free and | common, | 7 as the | sea or | wind; J 
 
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 | When he to | boast | or to (lis | perse his | stores,] 
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 Full <>f the. | tributes of his | grateful | shores, | 
 
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 Visits the | world; | | and in his | flying | towers j 
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 Brings | home to us, | 7 and | makes both | Indies | 
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 ours | 
 A .'. 
 | Finds | wealth where | 'tis, | 7 be | stows it | 7 
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 where it | vvants, j 
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 | Cities in | deserts, [ woods in | cities, | plants, j 
 A .\ A .*. V. A .'. A /. A .'. A .*. 
 
 I I 
 
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 So that u> j us | no | thin£. | no | place is | strange, | 
 
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 I 
 
 A.'. 
 
 While his | fair | bosom [ 7 is the | world's ex | change. 
 
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 O could I | flow like | thee! | 7 and [ make thy | 
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 stream | 
 
 A /. 
 
EXERCISES. 61 
 
 7 My | great ex j ample, | | as it is my | themej [ 
 
 A .*. A.'. .*. A.*. A.'. A.'. .*. .'. A .-. 
 
 A .'. A .'. 
 7 Tho' | deep, | yet j clear; | 7 tho' | gentle, j yet not 
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 | dull; | 
 
 A /. 
 ] Strong without |.rag;e; | 7 with | out o'er | Bowing, 
 
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 I I »H. | | | 
 
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 EXECUTION OF THE EARL OF ARGYLE. 
 
 7 On the | thirtieth ot | June, | 7 oup ] thousand | 
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 7 six | hundred | 7 and | eighty [ live, | 7 the | Earl of 
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 Ar | gyle | 7 was | brought from the | castle, | | 
 
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 first, | 7 to the | Laigh | council-house, | 7 and | thence, 
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 | 7 to the | place of exe | cution. | | 7 Be | 
 
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 fore he | left the | castle, | 7 he had his | dinner | 7 at 
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 the | usual | hour, | 7 at, | which he dis | coursed, j 
 
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 not only | calmly, | 7 but | even | cheerfully, | 7 with, 
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 Mr. | Chateris | 7 and | others, j | | After J 
 
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 6 
 
G2 EXERCISES. 
 
 dinner | 7 he re | tired, | 7 as was his | custom, | 7 to 
 
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 his | bed-chamber, [ | where it is re | corded, | 
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 7 that he | slept | quietly | 7 for a | bout a | quarter of 
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 an | hour. | J While he was in | bed, | one of 
 
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 the | members of the | council | came, | 7 and | inti- 
 
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 mated ] 7 to the at | tendants, [ 7 a de | sire | 7 to | 
 
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 speak with him. | | 7 upon | being | told | 7 that the 
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 j Earl ] 7 was a | sleep, | 7 and had | left | orders | 
 
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 nottobedis | turbed, | 7 the | manager | disbe j lieved 
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 the_-ac | count, | | which he con | sidered | 7 as a 
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 de [ vice | 7 to a j void | further | questionings. | 
 
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 | 7 To ] satisfy him, | 7 the | door of the | bed- 
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 chamber, | 7 was | half | opened, | 7 and | then I 7 he 
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 be | held, | 7 en | joying a | sweet [ 7 and | tranquil | 
 .*. A .'. A .*. A .'. .'. A .'. A .'. A .'. 
 
 slumber, | 7 the | man, j who [ 7 by the | doom of | 
 
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 him | 7 and his | fellows, | 7 was to j die j 7 with | in 
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 the I short j space | 7 of | two j hours! | 
 
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 Struck with the ] sight, | 7 he J hurried | 7 out. of the { 
 
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EXERCISES. §3 
 
 room, | J quitted the j castle | 7 with the | utmost 
 
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 pre | cipi | teiion, ] 7 and \ hid himself | 7 in the | 
 
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 lodgings of an ac | q uaintance | 7 who j lived | near, | 
 
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 | 7 where he ] threw himself | 7 upon the | first | 
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 bed that pre | sen ted itself, | 7 and had | every ap | 
 
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 peaiance of a | man | su^rjng | 7 the | most ex ( 
 
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 cruciating | torture. | | 7 His | friend, | 7 who 
 
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 ■was ap | prisect of the | state he was | in, | 7 and whoj 
 
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 naturally con | eluded he was [ ill, | | oifers him 
 
 A .-. .-. .'. .'. ' A /. /. j. A .'. A .'. A .'. 
 
 some | wine. ] | 7 He re j fused, | saving, | "no 5 1 
 
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 no, | that | will not j help me. | | 7 I have j 
 A/. A .'. A .'. A .'. A .". A .'. .-. 
 
 been at Ar | gjle, | 7 and [ saw him | sleeping j 7 as | 
 
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 pleasantly as | ever \ man | did | 7 with | in | one j 
 
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 hour | 7 of E | ternity, | | 7 but | as for | me" | | 
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 j 7 The | name of the | person | 7 to | whom | 
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 this | anecdote re | lates | 7 is | not | mentioned, | 
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 [ 7 and the | truth of it | 7 may | therefore ] 7 be | 
 A .'. A .*. .-. A .'. .'. A ,;. A /. A .*. 
 
 fairly con | sidered | 7 as [ liable | 7 to | that de | gree 
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64 EXERCISES. 
 
 of I doubt, | 7 with | which | men of | judgment | 7 re 
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 | ceive | every | species | 7 of tra | ditional | history. 
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 | Woodrow, | 7 how | ever, | 7 whose ve | 
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 racity | 7 is a | buve sus | picion, | | says, ] 7 he | 
 
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 had it | 7 from the | most un | questionable | 7 au [ 
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 thority. | | 7 It is | not in it | self | un | likely; 
 
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 | 7 and j who is there, | 7 that | would not | wish 
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 it | truer | | What a | satis | factory | spectacle 
 
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 J 7 to a } phiio j sophical j mind, j 7 to J see the op j 
 
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 pressor | 7 in the ] zenith of ■ .is | power j j envying 
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 his | victim! | | What an ac | knowledgment | 
 
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 7 of the | superi J ority of | virtue! ] (What 
 
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 an af | fecting | 7 and | forcible | testimony | 7 of the | 
 
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 Value of that j peace of j mind, ( 7 which | Innocence [ 
 
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 7 a | 'one | 7 can con ] fei ! | [ 7 We | know notj 
 
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 who | 7 thus j man | was, | | but when we re J fleet 
 
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 | 7 that the | guilt | 7 which [ agonized him, | 7 was [ 
 
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 probably J 7 in | curred | 7 for some ] vain | title, | 7 or 
 
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EXERCISES. 65 
 
 at | least | 7 for some | increase of | wealth | 7 which 
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 he | did not | want, | 7 and | possibly | knew not | 
 
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 how to en | joy; | 7 our dis | gust | 7 is | turned into | 
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 something ] like com | passion. | 7 for that | very [ 
 
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 foolish | class of | men, | whom the | world | calls ] 
 
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 wise in their | gene | ration. | | 
 
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 Soon | after this | short re | pose, | 7 Ar [ gyle [ 
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 7 was | brought | 7 ac | cording to | order, | 7 to the j 
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 Laigh | council-house, | 7 from | which | place [ 7 is | 
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 dated | 7 the (letter to his | wife, | | 7 and from | 
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 thence | 7 to the | place of exe | cution. | | 7 On 
 
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 the | scaffbld | 1 he had | some dis | course, | 7 as | 
 
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 well with Mr, | Aniiand, [ 7 a | minister | 7 ap ] point- 
 
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 ec! by (Government | I to at | tend him, | as with Mr. J 
 
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 Chaterls. | | | He de | sired ( both of them ] 7 to J 
 
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 pray for him, | 7 and | prayed him | self ( 7 with | much 
 
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 | fervour ] 7 and de | votion. \ | 7 The | speech 
 
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 which he | made to the | people | 7 was | such a& j 
 
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66 EXERCISES. 
 
 might be ex | peeled | 7 from the | passages al j ready 
 
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 re | fated J | | 7 The | same | miytur-.- of | firm- 
 
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 ness | 7 and | mildness | 7 is con | spicuwisrn | every | 
 
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 part of it. | | | 7 " •- e | ought nor," | 7*aici | he ] 
 
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 7 **'td des | pise | 7 our af | fiictioris, | nor t<> | faint | 
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 under them. | | 7 We | should not | suffer our- 
 
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 selves | 7 to be ex | asperated | 7 a | gainst the | in- 
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 struments | 7 of our | troubles, | nor bv | fraudulent) 
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 7 or | pusil | laniiuous com | pliance. | | bring | guilt 
 
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 | upon our | selves; | | faint | hearts | 7 are | u-ua!- 
 
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 ly | false | hearts, | | choosing | sin, ] rather than | 
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 suffering." | | 7 He | offers his | prayers | 7 for 
 
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 the | three | kingdoms | 7 of | England, | Scotland | 
 
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 7 and | Ireland, | | and that an | end | 7 may be | 
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 pur I 7 to their | present | trials | | Having | 
 
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 then j asked | pardon | 7 for his | own | faults, | both 
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 of | God and | man, | 7 he | would have con | eluded, 
 
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 | 7 but I b^ing re | minded | ,7 that he had | said | no- 
 
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EXERCISES. 67 
 
 tiling | of the | royal | family, | 7 he j adds* | 7 that he 
 
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 re | fers, | 7 in - 1 this | matter | 7 to | what he bad | 
 
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 said at his | trial | 7 con | cerniugthe | test; | | 7 that 
 
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 he J prayed | 7 there | never might be | wanting | one 
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 of the I royal | family | 7 to sup | port the | Protestant 
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 re | ligion; | | 7 and if | anv of them | 7 had | swer- 
 
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 ved from the | true | faith, | 7 lie | prayed | God | 7 to 
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 | turn their | hearts; | | 7 but at | any rate | 7 to | 
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 save his | people | 7 from their | machi | nations. | 
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 | When he had | ended, j 7 he | turned to the | south 
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 | side of the | sea if.. Id | 7 and | said, j | '-Gentle-" 
 
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 men | 7 I | pray you, | do not | miscon | struct | 7 my 
 
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 be | haviour | this | day. | | 7 1 | freely for | give | 
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 all men | their | wrongs and | injuries | donea | gainst 
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 | me, | 7 as | I de | sire | 7 to be for [ given of | God." 
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 | 7 He | then em | braced his | friends. | 
 
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 gave some | tokens | 7 of his re | membrance | 7 to his 
 
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 | son in-law, | Lord | Mairland, | 7 for his | daughter 
 
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68 - EXERCISES. 
 
 and | grand -children, | [ stript himself | 7 of | part 
 
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 of his ap | parel, | 7 of | which he | likewise | made | 
 
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 presents, | 7 and | laid his | head | upon the | block. | 
 
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 | Having | uttered a | short | prayer, | 7 he | 
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 gave the | signal | 7 to the | exe | cutioner, | which 
 
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 was | instantly o | beyed, | 7 and his | head | severed 
 
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 from his | body. | 
 
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 Such were the | last | hours | 7 and [ such the [ final 
 
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 | close ] 7 of this | great [ man's | life. | | May 
 
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 the | like | happy se | renity, | 7 in such [ dreadful | 
 
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 circumstances, | 7 and a | death | equally | glorious, | 
 
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 7 be the | lot of | all, | 7 whom | tyranny | 7 of what [ 
 
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 ever des | cription | 7 or de J nomi | nation, | 7 sball 
 
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 in ] any | age, | 7 or in | any ] country, | | call to | 
 
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 expiate their | virtues | 7 on the | scaffold! | | | 
 
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( 69 ) 
 A MOONLIGHT SCENE. 
 
 pope's HOMER. ILIAD VIII. v. 675. 
 
 7 The | leader | spoke. [ | 7 From | all his | host a' 
 
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 | round | 
 
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 Shouts of ap | plause j 7 a | long the | shores re [sound. 
 
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 a ;•• a.-. 
 
 Each from tHe j voke | 7 the | smoking | steeds un | 
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 tv'd, | 
 
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 7 And | nVd their | headstalls [ 7 to his | chariot | 
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 side, | || 
 
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 Fat- 1 sheep and | oxen | 7 from the | town are j led. j 
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 | 7 \> ith | generous | vvine, | 7 and | all-sus | tain- 
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 ing | bread. | 
 
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 Full | hecatombs | lay | burning | 7 on the | shore: | 
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 | 7 The | winds to | heav'n | 7 the | etirlirig | va- 
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 pours | bore. | | 
 
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 7 Un | grateful | offering | " to the im | mortal | po'w- 
 
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 ers! J 
 
70 EXERCISES. 
 
 7 Whose | wrath hung | heavy | 7 o'er the | Trojan [ 
 
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 towers; | 
 
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 | 7 Nor | Priam | 7 nor his | sons ob | tain'd their 
 
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 . I grace; | | 
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 Proud | Troy they | hated, | 7 and her | guilty | race. 
 
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 7 The | troops ex | ul'ing | sat in | order | round, | 
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 | 7 And | beaming | fires I 7 il ] lumin'd | all the | 
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 ground. | | | 
 
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 As when the |. Moon. | 7 re | fu'gent | lamp of | night! j 
 
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 7 O'er | heav'ns clear | azure | spreads her | sacred | 
 
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 light, | 
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 When not a | breath | 7 dis | turbs the | deep se | 
 
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 rene, | 
 
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 And not a | cloud | 7 o'er J casts the | solemn | scene, { 
 
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 | 7 A | round her | throne | 7 the | vivid | planets | 
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 roil, | 
 
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 7 And | stars un | number'd | gild the | glowing | 
 
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 pole, | 
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EXERCISES. 71 
 
 O'erthedark | trees | 7 a | yellower | verdure | shed, ] 
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 7 And | tip with | silver | every | mountain's | head; | 
 
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 Then | shine the | vales, | 7 the | rocks | 7 in | pros- 
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 pect | rise, | 
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 7 A | flood of J glory | bursts from | all the | skies: j 
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 7 The | conscious | swains, | 7 re | joicing in the j 
 
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 sight, | 
 
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 Eye the blue | vault, | 7 and | bless the [ glorious | 
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 light.] | | 
 
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 So 7 | many | flames, | 7 be | fore | proud | Iiion [ 
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 blaze, | 
 
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 7 And | lighten | glimmering | Zanthus ] 7 with her | 
 
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 rays; | 
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 7 The | \on% re | flections | 7 of the | distant | fires | 
 
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 Glea ( n on the (walls, | 7 and | tremb'e | 7 on the | 
 
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 spires | 
 
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 7 A | thousand | piles the | dusky ] horrors [ gild, | 
 
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72 EXERCISES. 
 
 7 And | shoot a [ shady | lustre | 7 o'er the | field. 
 
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 Full | fifty | guards | each | flaming | pile at | tend, | 
 
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 I 
 
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 7 Whose | umber'd | arms, | 7 by | fits, | thick | flash- 
 
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 es | send. | 
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 J>.ud | neigh the | coursers | 7 o'er their | heaps of J 
 
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 corn, | 
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 | 7 And | ardent | warriour" | | wait the | rising 
 
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 morn. | . | | 
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 HYMN TO THE DEITY - ON THE SEASONS 
 OF J HE YE Art. 
 
 THOMSON. 
 
 These as they | change, | | A! | mighty | Father, | 
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 | tiese | 
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 Are but the | varied | God. | | | 'The | rolling | 
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 year | 
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 7 Is | full of | thee [ | | Forth, in the | phasing 
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 I S P rin g ! 
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EXERCISES. - 73 
 
 7 Thy | beauty | walks, | | 7 thy | tenderness j 7 and 
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 Wide | flush the | fields, | | 7 the [ softening | air 
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 | 7 is | balm, | | 
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 Echo the | mountains | round,] | 7 the | forest | 
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 smiles, | j 
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 7 And | every | sense, | 7 and | every | heart | 7 is J 
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 joy- I I ! 
 
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 Then | comes thy | glory | 7 in the | summer J 
 
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 months, | 
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 7 With | light and | heat re | fulgent, j | | Then 
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 thy | sun | 
 
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 Shoots | full per j fection | through the [ swelling j 
 
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 year. | | | 
 
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 7 And | oft | 7 thy | voice | 7 in | dreadful | thunder J 
 
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 speaks. | | ) 
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 7 And | oft | 7 at | dawn, | | deep J noon | 7 or j 
 
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 falling | eve, j 
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 7 
 
H EXERCISES, 
 
 7 By | brooks | 7 and | groves, | 7 and | hollow | whis- 
 
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 pering | gales. | | | 
 
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 7 Thy | bounty | shines in | Autumn | uncon | 
 
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 fined, | 
 
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 7 And | spreads a | common | feast ] [ 7 for | all that 
 
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 I live. | j | 
 
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 1 In j Winter | | awful | thou! | 7 with | clouds and 
 
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 | storms | 
 
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 1 A | round thee | thrown | [ tempest o'er | tempest 
 
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 | roli'd: | | 
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 7 Ma | j^stic | darkness! ( | 7 on the | whirl- 
 
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 wind's | wing | 
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 Riding | sub | lime, | J 7 thou | bidst the ] world | 
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 7 a | dore, | 
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 7 And | humblest [ nature | 7 with thy | northern | 
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 blast. | | | 
 
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 7 Mys | terious [ round! | | | 7 what [ skill, ( 
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 7 what I force di (vine, | 
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EXERCISES. 7$ 
 
 Deep | felt | 7 in | these ap | pear, | | 7 a | simple j 
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 train, | | 
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 Yet so de | lightful | mix'd, | |7 with | such | kind 
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 | art, | 
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 Such | beauty | 7 and be | nefi^ence ] 7 com | bined, | 
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 | Shade | unper | ceived, | so | softening | 7 into ) 
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 shade; | 
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 7 And | all | so | forming an har | monious | whole, | 
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 That as they J still sue | ceed, | 7 they | ravish | 
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 still. | I I 
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 7 But [ wandering; | | .oft | 7 with | brute un | con- 
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 scious | gaze, | 
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 | Man | marks not | thee, | | marks not the ] 
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 mighty | hand, | 
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 7 That | ever | busy, | | wheels the [ silent | 
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 spheres, | 
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 Works | 7 in the [ secret | deep, | | shoots | teem- 
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 irig ] thence | 
 
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76 EXERCISES. 
 
 7 The | fair pro | fusion | 7 that o'er | spreads the | 
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 spring, | 
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 | Flings from the J sun di | rect | 7 the | flaming | 
 
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 && | | 
 
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 Feeds | every | creature | | hurls the | tempest | 
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 forth: | | 
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 7 And as on | earth | 7 this | grateful [ change re j 
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 volves, | 
 
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 ' With | transport | touches | all the | springs of [ 
 
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 life. | | [ 
 
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 Nature | 7 at | tend! | [join [ every | living | soul, J 
 
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 7 Be | neath the | spacious ( temple, of the | sky | j 
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 7 In | ado [ ration | join, | | 7 and | ardent | raise] 
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 One [ general | song! | | 7 To ] him | 7 >e | 
 
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 vocal | gales, | 
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 J Breathe | soft, [ 7 whose | spirit | 7 in your | 
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 freshness | breathes: | | [ 
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 O j talk of | him | 7 in | solitary | glooms! j 
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EXERCISES. 77 
 
 j Where | 7 o'er the | rock, | 7 the | scarcely j 
 
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 waving | pine | 
 
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 Fills the | brown | shade | 7 with a re f iigious | awe. 
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 7 And | ye! | 7 whose j bolder | note | 7 is j heard a J 
 
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 far, | 
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 7 Who | shake the as | tonished | world | [ lift | 
 
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 high to | Heaven | 
 
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 7 The im | petuous J song, | 7 and | say | 7 from J 
 
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 whom you | rage. | 
 
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 7 His | praise, | 7 ye | brooks | 7 at | tune, | | 7 ye 
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 | trembling | rills, J 
 
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 7 And | let me | catch it | 7 as I | muse a | long. | 
 
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 Ye | headlong | torrents, | | rapid and pro | found, | 
 
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 | Ye | softer | floods, | 7 that | lead the j humid | 
 
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 maze | 
 
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fS EXERCISES. 
 
 7 A | long the | vale, | | 7 and | thou ma | jestic | 
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 main | 
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 7 A | secret | world of | wonders | 7 in thy | self, | 
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 | Sound | 7 his stu | ptndous | r raise, | 7 whose j 
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 greater | voice, | 
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 7 Or | bids you | roar, | | 7 or j bids your | roarings 
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 I. fall. | | | 
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 Soft roll your | incense, | | herbs, | 7 and | fruits, | 
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 7 and | flowers, | 
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 7 In | mingled J clouds to | l*irn, | | 7 whose | sun 
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 ex | alts, | 
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 7 Whose | breath per ] fumes you, | 7 and whose j pen- 
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 cil j paints. | 
 
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 Ye j forests | bend, | ye | harvests | ) wave ] 7 to | 
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 him, | | 
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 Breathe your | still | song | 7 into the j reaper's | 
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 heart, | 
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 7 As ( home he j goes ) 7 be | neath | 7 the | joyous | 
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 moon. | j | 
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 EXERCISES. 79 
 
 Ite that | keep | watch in | heaven, | 7 as [ earth | 
 
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 7 a | sleep | 
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 Un | conscious | lies* | | 7 ef | fuse your | mildest 
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 | beams, | 
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 | Ye | constel | lations, | | while your | angels 
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 | strike, | 
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 1 A | mid the | spangled | sky. | | 7 the | silver | 
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 I 5yre. | | | 
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 Great | source of | day! | | blest | image | here Sje- 
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 I low, I 
 
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 1 Of thy Cre | ator, | ' | ever j pouring [ wide 5 j 
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 7 From | world to | world, | 7 the ] vital | ocean [ 
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 round, | | 
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 7 On | nature | write | 7 with | every | beam | 7 his j 
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 praise. | | 
 
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 Ye | thunders | roll; j | 7 be | hush'd | 7 the | pros- 
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 trate | world, | | 
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 1 While | cloud to | cloud | 7 re | turns | 7 the | solemR 
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§0 EXERCISES. 
 
 Bleat out a | fresh, j 7 ye | hills; | | 7 ye | mossy | 
 
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 rocks | 
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 7 Re | tain the | sound; | | 7 the | broad res ( pon- 
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 sive | low, | 
 
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 7 Ye | vallies | raise; | | 7 for the | great | Shepherd 
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 | reigns, | 
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 7 And | his an | suffering | kingdom [ | yet | 7 will 
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 | come. | 
 
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 Ye | woodlands | | -11, | 1 a | wake; | | 7 a | 
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 boundless | sons; | 
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 Burst from the | groves; | | 7 and when the | restless 
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 I *US | 
 
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 7 Ex | piring. | | lays the j warbling ( world a j 
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 sleep, | | 
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 Sweetest of | birds, | | sweet ] Philo | mela, | 
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 charm | 
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 1 The | listening | shades, | 7 and ] teach the j night 
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EXERCISES. 81 
 
 Ye | chief, | 7 for | whom | 7 the | whole ere | ation | 
 
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 smiles: | 
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 7 At | once the | head, | 7 the | heart, | 7 the | tongue 
 
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 of I all; | 
 
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 Crown the [ great | hymn. | | | 7 In | swarming 
 
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 | cities | vast, | | 
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 7 As | sembled | men j 7 to the | deep | organ | J 
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 join | 
 
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 7 The | loud re | sounding | voice | | oft | breaking 
 
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 J clear, | 
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 7 At | solemn | pauses, | | 7 through the | swelling 
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 I base; | | 
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 7 And as each | mingling | flame | 7 in | creases *| 
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 each, j 
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 7 In ] one | 7 u | nited | ardor | | rise to | heaven. 
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 Or | 7 if you | rather | choose the | rural | shade, | 
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 7 And | find a [ fane | 7 in j every | sacred | grove, J 
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8g EXERCISES. 
 
 There Jet the | shepherd's | flute, | 7 the | virgin's | 
 
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 lay, ( 
 
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 7 The [ prompting | seraph, | land the [ poet's | lyre, | 
 
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 Still | sing the | God of | seasons | 7 as they | roll. | 
 
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 7 For | me, | 7 when I for | get | 7 the | darling | theme, 
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 "Whether the | blossom | blows, | 7 the | summer | ray| 
 
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 Russets the | plain, | 7 in | spiring | autumn | gleans, | 
 
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 ; 7 Or | winter | rises | 7 in the | blackeains: | east. | 
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 Be my | tongue | mute, | 7 inj | far>ry | paint no | 
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 more, | 
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 7 And | dead to [joy, j 7 for | get my | heart [ 7 to J 
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 beat! | | | 
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 7 Should | fate com | mand me | 7 to the [ furthest | 
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 verge ( 
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 7 Of the | green | earth, | 7 to] distantj barb'rous | 
 
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 climes, | 
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EXERCISES, 83 
 
 Rivers | 7 un | known to | song; | 7 where | first | 7 the 
 
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 | sun | 
 
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 Gilds | Indian | mountains, | 7 or his | setting | beam j 
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 Flames on the At j lantie | isles; | | 7 'tis | nought 
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 to I me, | f 
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 7 Since | God | 7 is [ ever | present, | | ever | felt, | 
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 7In the ) void | waste | | as in the | city | full, [ 
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 7 And | where J He | vital | spreads, | there | must be 
 
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 come, | 
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 | 7 And | win^my | mystic | flight | 7 to | future | 
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 worlds, [ 
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 7 1 | cheerful | | 7 will o [ bey; | | there | 7 with 
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 | new | powers, | 
 
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 7 Will | rising | wonders | sing; [ | 7 I | cannot | 
 
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84 EXERCISES. 
 
 7 Where | uni \ versal \ love | smiles not a | round; j 
 
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 | 7 Sus | taining | all yon | orbs, | 7 and | all their 
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 suns; | 
 a :. 
 | 7 From | seeming | evil [ | still e | ducing j 
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 good, | 
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 7 And | better | thence | 7 a | gain, | 7 and | better j 
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 Still, | 
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 7 In | infinite pro | gression; | j 7 but I | lose j 
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 7 My | self in | Him, | | 7 in | light \ 1 in | effable! 
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 Come then, | 7 ex | nressive | Silence, | | muse 
 
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 | Bis | praise: | 
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 INVOCATION TO GRECIAN ENERGY. 
 
 Genius | 7 of ] ancient | Greece! | | 7 whose | faitli- 
 
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 ful | steps | 
 
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 7 Well | pleas'd I | follow | 7 thro' the | sacred j 
 
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 paths | 
 
EXERCISES. 85 
 
 7 Of | Nature | 7 and of | .Science; | | Nurse | 7 di ] 
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 vine | 
 
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 7 Of | generous | counsels | 7 and he | roic | deeds! | 
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 O I let the | breath of | thy ex | tended | praise | 
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 7- In | spire my | kindling | bosom | 7 to the | height | 
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 7 Of | this | un | tempted | theme! | | Nor be my | 
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 thoughts | 
 
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 7 Pre | sumptuous [counted, | | if | 7 a | mid the | 
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 calm | 
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 7 Which | Hesper j sheds a |. long the | vernal | 
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 heaven | 
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 7 I | steal im | patient, | 7 from the | sordid | haunts | 
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 7 Of | strife and | low am | bition, | 7 and the | gloom J 
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 7 Of | vulgar | super | stition, | 7 to at | tend, | 
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 7 With | hymns, | 'hy | presence, | 7 in the | sylvan | 
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 shade | 
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 7 By | their ma | Hgnant | footsteps | | ne'er [ 
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 7 pro | fahecj, ] | | 
 
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86 EXERCISES. 
 
 7 De | scend, | 7 pro | pitious | 7 to my | favour'd [eye! 
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 A .'. 
 Such in thy J mien | 7 thy | warm ex | alted | air, | 
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 | As when the | Persian | tyrant, | | fotl'd | 
 
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 7 and | strong | 
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 7 With | shame | 7 and | despe | ration," | | gnash'd 
 
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 his | teeth, | 
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 7 To | see thee | rend the | pageants of his | throne; 
 
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 And at the | lightning of thy | lifted | spear, | 
 
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 Crouch'd ] like a | slave. | | 
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 Bring | al' thy | martial | spoils, | 
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 7 Thy | palms, | 7 thy [ laurels, ] 7 thy tri | umphal | 
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 songs; | | 
 
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 7 Thy | smiling | band of | arts; | j 7 thy | godlike) 
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 sires | 
 
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 7 Of [ civil | wisdom; j | 7 thy he | roic j youth, 
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EXERCISES. 87 
 
 Warm from the | schools of | glory! | | Guide my j 
 
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 way | 
 
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 "i Thro' | fair [ 7 Ly | ceum's | walk | 7 the | olive j 
 
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 shades | 
 
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 1 Of I Aca | demus, | 7 and the | sacred | vale j 
 
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 Haunted by | steps di | vine! | | where | once j 
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 7 be | neath ] 
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 That | ever [ living | plantain's j ample | boughs, | 
 
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 711 j issus, | 7 by So | cratic | sounds de | tain'd ] 
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 | On his neg | lected | urn, | 7 at | tentive, [ lay; 
 
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 7 While [ Boreas, ] | lingering | 7 on the ] neigh- 
 
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 bouring | steep, | | 
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 7 With | beauteous | Ori | thyea | 7 his | love tale, | 
 
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 7 In | silent | awe, | 7 sus | pended: | | there let | 
 
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 me, | 
 
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 7 With | blameless | hand, | from thy un | envious | 
 
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 fields | 
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88 EXERCISES. 
 
 7 Trans | plant some | living | blossoms, | 7 to a | 
 
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 dorn | 
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 7 My [ native | clime; | | 7 while | far a | bove the 
 
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 | flight | 
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 7 Of | Fancy's | plume | 7 as | piring, | | 7 I un | 
 
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 lock I 
 
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 7 The | springs | 7 of | ancient | wisdom; | | 7 while 
 
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 I | join | 
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 Thy | name, | thrice | lionourd! | [ with the im ] 
 
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 mortal | praise | 
 
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 7 Of | Nature, | | while to my eom | patriot | 
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 youth | 
 
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 7 I | point the | high ex | ample | 7 of thy | Sons, | 
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 7 And | tune | 7 to | Attic | themes | 7 the | British | 
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 lyre. | | [ 
 
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( 89 ) 
 
 HENRY V. BEFORE HARFLEUR. 
 
 SHAKSPEARE. 
 
 Once | more ) unto the | breach j dear | friends! | | 
 
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 once | more; | 
 
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 7 Or | close the | wall up | 7 with our | English | dead. 
 
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 7 In | peace, | | 7 there's | nothing | so be | comes 
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 a | man | 
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 7 As | modest | stillness | 7 and hu | militj. | | 
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 But when the | blast of | war j | blows in our | ears,) 
 
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 Then | imitate the [ action of the | tiger: | 
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 StitFen the | sinews, | | summon | up the | blood, j 
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 7 Dis | guise | fair | nature j 7 with j hard favour'd [ 
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 rage: | | 
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 Then | lend the | eye | 7 a ] terrible | aspect; | 
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 | Let it | pry | thro' the | portage of the, | head, | 
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 Like the | brass | cannon; | let the | brow o'er J whelm. 
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 it, | 
 
 8* 
 
90 EXERCISES. 
 
 7 As | fearfully, | as doth a | galled | rock j i* 
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 7 O'er | hang and | jutty | 7 his con [ founded | base ( 
 
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 ] Svvill'd with the | wild | 7 and | wasteful ] ocean. 
 
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 'Ill 
 
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 Now | set the | teeth, | 7 and | stretch | 7 the | nostril 
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 | wide | 
 
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 Hold ] hard the | breath, | 7 and | bend | up | every | 
 
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 spirit ] 
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 7 To his | full | height! | | On, 7 | on, 7 | you | noble 
 
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 | English, | | 
 
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 7 Whose | blood is J fet from | fathers of | war | 
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 proof! | 
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 Fathers | | 7 that, | like | so many } Alexanders, | 
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 Have in these | parts* | 7 from | morn till | even | 
 
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 fought | 
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 7 And | sheath'd their | swords | 7 for | lack of | argu- 
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 menu. | | | 
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EXERCISES. 91 
 
 1 Di<* | honour not your | mothers. [ | Now at j 
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 te# | 
 
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 7 That | those whom you | call'd | Fathers | did be [ 
 
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 get you! |. 
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 7 Be | copy | now | 7 to | men of | grosser ] blood, 
 
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 7 And | teach them | how to | war! | | 
 
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 7 And | you, [ good | yeomen, | 
 
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 7 Whose | limbs were | made in | England, | shew us 
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 | here | 
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 7 The | mettle of your | pasture; | | let us | swear | 
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 That you are | worth your | breeding: | | which I ( 
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 doubt not: | 
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 | For there is ] none of you | so | mean and | base j 
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 7 That j hath not | noble | lustre | 7 in your | eyes. 
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 7 I | see you j stand, (like | greyhouuds | 7 in the | 
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92 EXERCISES. 
 
 Straining | 7 upon the [ start. | | 
 
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 7 The | game's a | foot. | 
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 Follow your | spirit: | | and upon | this | charge, | 
 
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 Cry | God for | Harry! | | England! | 7 and | Saint 
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 | George! | | | 
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 ADDISON'S HYMN. 
 
 7 When ] all thy | mercies, | | my | God, | 
 
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 7 My [ rising | soul sur [ veys, | 
 
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 7 Trans | ported | 7 with the | view, | 7 I'm | lost J 
 
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 7 In | wonder, | love and | praise! j j 
 
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 I how shall | words | 7 with | equal | warmth | 
 
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 7 The | -gratitude | 7 de | clare, | 
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 7 That | glows | 7 with | in my | ravish'd | heart! | 
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 | 7 But I thou | 7 canst | rpad it | there. | | 
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 Thy | providence | 7 my | life ] 7 sus | tain'd, [ 
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 7 And | all my j wants re | drest, J 
 
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EXERCISES. 03 
 
 I When in the | silent | womb | 7 T | lay, | 
 
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 7 And I hung | 7 upon the J breast ] 
 
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 7 To [ all my | weak com J plaints | 7 and | cries f 
 
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 Thy I mercy | lent an | ear, | 
 
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 Ere I jet my | feeble | thojghts | 7 had | learnt | 
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 7 To I form themselves | 7 in | prayer, | 
 
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 7 Un I number'd | comforts | 7 to my | soul | 
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 Thy I tender | care be | stow'd, | 
 
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 7 Be I fore my | infant | heart | 7 con | ceiv'd | 
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 7 From | whom those J comforts J fiow'd. | 
 
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 When in the | slippery | paths of | youth | 
 
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 7 With J heedless j steps | 7 I | ran | 
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 Thine | arm | 7 un | seen | 7con | vey'd me | safe, | | 
 
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 7 And I led me | up to | man. ] | 
 
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 7 Through | hidden | dangers, | | toils and [ deaths, | 
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 7 It I oently | clear'd my | way, | 
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 And through the j pleasing | snares of | vice, | 
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 More to be | fear'd | 7 than | they. | | | 
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94 EXERCISES. 
 
 7 When | worn with | sickness | oft | 7 hast | thou j 
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 With | health | 7 re | neu'd my | face; | | 
 
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 And when in | sins and | sorrows | sunk, | 
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 •7 Re | viv'd my | soul with | grace. | 
 
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 7 Thy | bounteous | hand | 7 with | worldly | bliss | 
 
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 7 Has | made my | cup | 7 run | o'er; | 
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 And in a ] kind and | faithful | friend | 
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 7 Has | doubled | all my j store. | 
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 Ten | thousand | thousand | | precious | gifts j 
 
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 7 My j daily | thanks em | ploy; | 
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 | Nor is the | least | 7 a | cheerful | heart, | 
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 7 That | tastes those | gifts with | joy. | 
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 7 Through | everj | period of my | life | 
 
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 7 Thy | gootlness | 7 I'll pur | sue; | 
 
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 7 And | after | death | 7 in | distant | worlds, | 
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 7 The | glorious | theme re | new. [ 
 
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 7 When | Nature | fails, | 7 and | day and | night | 
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 7 Di | vide thy | works no | more, | 
 
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EXERCISES. 95 
 
 7 My | ever | grateful | heart | | Lord | ] 
 
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 Thy | mercy | 7 shall a | don-. | [- J 
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 7 Through | all e | lernity [ | 7 to | thee | 
 
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 7 A | joyful | song [ 7 HI | raise. | | 
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 7 Bui I Oh! ] 7 E | teruity's | ^oo | short | 
 
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 7 To |-utfer | all thy | praie; [ | | 
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 PART OF THE BURIAL SERVICE, • 
 
 (from the book of common prayer.) 
 
 I am the | resur | ruction | 7 and the | life, | 
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 salth the | LoH; | | he that be | lieveth in | me, | 
 
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 though he were | dead, | | vet shall he | live: | 
 
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 7 and | whoso | ever | Uveth, | 7 and be | lieveth in | 
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 me, | 7 shall | never | < l \p. \ 
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 7 I | know | that my Re | deemer | liveth, | 7 and 
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 that | he shall | stand | 7 at the | latter | day | 7 upon 
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 the | earth, | | 7 and | though | worms rie -| stroy | 
 
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 this* | body, | | yet in my | flesh | 7 shall I [ see | 
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 God. | | | 
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96 EXERCISES. 
 
 7 Be | hold, | 7 thou hast | made my | days, | 7 as it] 
 
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 were, | 7 a | span | long: | 7 and mine | a«;e | 7 is | even 
 
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 as | nothing | 7 in res | pect of | thee; | | 7 and | 
 
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 verily | every | man | living; | 7 is | a!to | gether | va- 
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 nity: | | 7 for | man | walketh in a | vain | shadow? 
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 j 7 and dis | quieteth him | self | 7 in | vain: | | he { 
 
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 heapeth | up | riches | 7 and | cannot | tell | who shall 
 
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 | gather them. | 
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 7 A ) thousand | years f 7 in | :hy | sight | are but as 
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 | yesterday; | | seeing | that is | pas? | 7 as a | 
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 watch in the | night. | | 7 as | soon as thou | 
 
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 scatterest them | 7 they arc | even as a | Sleeps | 
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 7 and | fade a | way | suddenly | 7 like the | jjrass. | 
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 | 7 In the | morning | 7 it is | green, | 7 and | 
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 groweth | up: [ | but in the | evening | 7 it is | rut | 
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 down, | drie<3 | up. | 7 aud | withered. | 
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 7 We con | sume a (way | 7 in thy dis | pleasure; | 
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 | and are a | fraid | 7 at thy | wrathful | indig | na- 
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 EXERCISES. 97 
 
 tion: | 7 for | when thou art | angry, j | all our [ 
 
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 day^ | 1 are | gone, | 7 and we (^bring our | years j 
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 7 to an | end, [ as it were a | taie | 7 that is | told, j 
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 | . | So | teach us to | number our j days: | j 
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 that we may ap | ply our | hearts | 7 unto j wisdom. [ 
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 Now is | Christ | risen from the [ dead, | 7 and be J 
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 come the | first | fruits | 7 of [ them that | slept:' | | 
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 7 for [ since by | man ] came | death, | 7 by | man | 
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 came | also, | 7 the | reset? | rection | 7 of the | dead. 
 
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 [ As in | Adam ] ali | die, | | even ] so 
 
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 in | Christ | 7 shall | al! be | made a J Jive. | 
 
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 7 But | some | man | 7 will | say, | 4 ^How are the | 
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 dead j raised | up? | | 7 and with | what | body | 
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 7 do they | come?" | | | Thou | fool, | | that 
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 which thou | sowest | 7 is | not | quickened | 7 ex | cept 
 
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 it | die: | | 7 and j that which thou | sowest, | 7 thou 
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 | sowest not | that | body | 7 that | shall be, | 7 but | 
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§8 EXERCISES. 
 
 bare | grain, | J 7 it may | chance of | wheat, | or ot 
 
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 some | other | grain: | | 7 but | God | giveth it a | 
 
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 body, | as it hath | pleased | him; | | 7 and to | eve- 
 
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 ry | seed [ 7 his [ own | body. | | So, | also, | 
 
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 7 is the | resur | rection | 7 of the | dead: | J 7 It is 
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 | sown | 7 in cor [ ruption: | | 7 it is | raised | 7 in 
 
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 | incor | ruption: | | 7 J.t is | sown | 7 in dis | honor* 
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 | 7 it is | raised j 7 in | glory: | | 7 It is | sown 
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 j 7 in | weakness; | | 7 it is | raised | 7 in | pow^r: 
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 | | 7 it is | sown | 7 a [ natural | body, | | 7 it is 
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 | raised | 7 a | spiritual [ body, | | Now | this 
 
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 I | say, | brethren, ] 1 that | flesh and | blood | cannot 
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 in | herit the | kingdom of | God; | | neither doth 
 
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 cor | ruption | 7 in | herit | incor | ruption. | 
 
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 7 Be | hold, | 7 I | shew you a | mystery. | 
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 We shall | not | all | sleep: | | but we shall | all be 
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 | changed | 7 in a | moment, | 7 in the | twinkling of 
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 an j eye, | 7 at the | last | trump: | | 7 for the | 
 
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EXERCISES. 99 
 
 trumpet shall | sound, | 7 and the | dead shall be | 
 
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 raised | incor | ruptible, ) 7 and | we shall be | chang- 
 
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 ed. | | | 7 For | this | 7 cor | ruptible | must | 
 
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 put on | incor | ruption, | | 7 and | this | mortal | 
 
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 must | put on | immor | (ality. | [So when | 
 
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 this cor | ruptible | 7 shall have | put on | incor | rup- 
 
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 tion; 1 7 and this | mortal | 7 shall have | puton | immor- 
 
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 tality, | | then shall be | brought to | pass | 7 the | 
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 saying that is | written ] | u Death | 7 is | swallowed 
 
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 I up I 7in | victory." | | | O | Death! | ] where 
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 is thy | sting? | [ O [ Grave! | | where is thy 
 
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 | victory? | | 7 The | sting of | death | 7 is J 
 
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 sin;. | | 7 and the | strength of | sin | 7 is the [ law. 
 
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 | | | 7 But | thanks be to | God, | 7 who | giveth 
 
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 | us the | victory, | | through our | Lord | Jesus | 
 
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 Christ. | || 
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 Man that is j born of a | woman | | hath but a | 
 
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 short | time to | live, | 7 and is ] full of | misery. J 
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3 00 EXERCISES. 
 
 | 7 He | cometh | up. | 7 and is j cot | down | ? 
 
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 like a | flower: | | 7 he | fleeth, | 7 as it | werp, | 7 a 
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 | shadow, | 7 and | nf*ver con | tinutth | 7 in | one | 
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 stay. | I 7 In the | midst of | life | 7 we are in 
 
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 | death: | | 7 of | whom may we | seek for | suc- 
 
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 cour, | but of | thee, ] | Lord: | | who for our | 
 
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 sins | 7 art | justly dis [ pleased? | | | Yet | O | 
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 Lord | God | most | holy; [ | O | Lord | most | 
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 mighty; | J O | holy and | most | merciful | Saviour; 
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 | 7 de j liver us | not | 7 into the | bitter | pains | 
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 7 of e | ternal j death. | | | . 
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 SATAN CALLING THE FALLEN ANGELS 
 FROM THE OBLIVIOUS POOL. 
 
 MILTON. PARADISE LOST. B. I. 
 
 7 He j scarce had | ceas'd, | when the su | perior | 
 
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 fiend | 
 
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 7 Was | moving [ toward the [ shore; [ [ 7 his [ 
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 ponderous | shield | 
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EXERCISES, 101 
 
 I (E j thereal | temper, | massy, | large and | round) | 
 
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 7 Be | hind him | cast! | .7 the [ broad cir | cumfe- 
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 rence | 
 
 Hung on his [ shoulders, | 7 like the | moon, | 7 whose 
 
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 I orb, 1 
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 | 7 Thro' | optic | glass, | 7 the [ Tuscan | artist f 
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 views, | 
 
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 7 At ( evening, | | 7 from the | top of | Fiesole, | 
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 Or in Val | darno, | 7 to des | cry | new | lands, | 
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 | Rivers, or | mountains, | 7 in her | spotty | globe. 
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 7 His | spear | 7 to | equal | which | 7 the | tallest | 
 
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 pine | 
 
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 Hewn on Nor ] wegian J hills j ] 7 to be the ] mastf 
 
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 7 Of | some | great | ammiral, [ were but a | wand, | 
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 7 He | walk'd with | 1 to sup |.port un | easy | steps | 
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 Over the | burning | marl: | | (not | like | those | 
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 steps | 
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J 02 EXERCISES. 
 
 7 On | Heaven's J azure!) | | |? and the | torrid 
 
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 | clime j 
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 Smote on him | sore be | sides, | | vaulted with | 
 
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 fire. | | | 
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 Nathless | 7 he | so en | durM | till on the | beach | 
 
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 7 Of | thai in | flamed | sea | 7 he | stood, | 7 and | 
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 Cell l\) | 
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 7 His | legions, | | angel | forms, | 7 who | lay, en- 
 
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 | t.ranc'd., | 
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 brcokd | 
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 7 In | Vailom | brosa, | where the E | trurian | 
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 shades, | 
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 High over | arch'd [ 7 em | bower; | | 7 or | scat- 
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 terM | sedge | 
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 1 A | float, | when with J fierce [ winds, | 7 O | rion, 
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 | arm'd, | 
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 7 Hath | vex'd the | Red | Sea | coast, | 7 whose f 
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 waves o'er | threw | 
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EXERCISER 103 
 
 7 Bu | siris and his | Memphian | chivalry, | 
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 While with per | fidious | hatred | [ 7 they pur | 
 
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 sued | 
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 7 The | sojourners of | Goshen, ( | 7 who be | held | 
 
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 7 From the | safe | shore, | 7 their | floating | carca- 
 
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 ses | 
 
 7 And | broken | chariot | wheels: | | so "| thick 
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 be | strown | 
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 Abiect and | lost, 7 | lay | these, | [ covering the | 
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 flood, | | 
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 Under a [ mazement of their | hideous [ change. | j j 
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 7 He | call'd | so | loud, | 7 that j all the | hollow | 
 
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 deep | 
 
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 7 Of | hell | 7 re | sounded | | | 
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 | yours | | now [ lost, | | 
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104 EXERCISES. 
 
 7 If | such as | tonishment as ] this | 7 can | seize | 
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 7 E | ternal | spirits: | | or have ye | chosen | this 
 
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 •f After the | toil of | battle, | 7 to re | pose ( 
 
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 7 To | slumber | here, 7 | as in the | vales of | hea- 
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 ven? | | | 
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 7 To a | dore the | Conqueror? | | 7 who | now 
 
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 be | holds | 
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 7 With ( scatter'd | ar ;s and | ensigns | 
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 Thus | drooping; | | 7 or with | linked | thunder- 
 
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 bolts, | 
 
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 | 7 A | wake! | | 7 a [ rise! | | 7 'or ] be | 7 for 
 
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 PAPER. 
 
 A CONVERSATIONAL PLEASANTRY. 
 
 DB. FRANKLIN. 
 
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 7 Whose | hints ) 7 show'd | meaning, | 7 whose al | 
 
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 lusions j care, | 
 
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 7 By | one | brave | stroke | 7 to [ mark all | human | 
 
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 kind, | 
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106 EXERCISES. 
 
 Fair | Virtue | put a | seal, | 7 or | Vice, | 7 a | blo.t 
 
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 7 Me [ thinks a | genius | 7 might the | plan pur f 
 
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 I | 7 (can you | pardon my pre | sumption?) | [ F, | 
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 No I wit. | no | genius, | yet for | once, | / will | try. 
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 Various the | paper | various | wants pro | duce: 
 
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 7 The ] wants of | fashion, [ elegance | 7 and | use, 
 
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 man. | 
 
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 half | lace! | | 
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 £JTtce as a | bandbox | 7 were | his j dwelling ] place* 
 
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 He's the | gilt | paper, ] 7 which a [ part you | store, | 
 
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 7 And | lock from J vulgar [ hands | 7 in the scru | 
 
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 toire. | 
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 7 Me | chanics, | servants, j farmers, | 7 and ] so 
 
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 forth, | 
 
 7 Are | copy | paper, ] 7 of in | ferior | worth; j 
 
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 de J cree.l; | 
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 7 The | wretch | 7 whom | avarice | | bids to j 
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 pinch and | spare, | 
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 7 Is [ coarse [brown | paper; | ] such as | pedlars 
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108 EXERCISES. 
 
 7 To | wrap up | wares [ 7 which j better j men | 7 wil! 
 
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 des | troys | 
 
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 Health, | fame and j fortune | 7 in a | round of | joys. 
 
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 1 Will | any | paper | match | him? | | Yes, | 
 
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 7 through | out; | | 
 
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 He's a | true | sinking | paper, | | past | all | doubt. 
 
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 7 The | retail | poll | fician's | anxious | thought [ 
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 7 He | foams with | censure; | 7 with ap | p'ause he | 
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 raves; | 
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 7 A | dupe to | rumours, | | 7 and a | tool to j 
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 knaves; | 
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EXERCISES. 109 
 
 7 While | such a | thing as | fools-cap | 7 has a J name, 
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 7 The | i-asty | gentleman, | 7 whose | blood runs | 
 
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 7 % v ho | picks a | quarrel | 7 if you [ step a | wry; ] 
 
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 7 Who | can't" a | josr, | 7 a | hiiit. | 7 or | look en j 
 
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 dure! | 
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 | What is | he? | What! | | Touch- paper | 7 to 
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 be | sure. | | | 
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 'What are our | poets? | | take them [ 7 as they | fall {, 
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 all! | | 
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 Them | 7 and their | works | 7 in the ] same f class | 
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 | They are the | mere | waste-paper | 7 of man j 
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 kind. | || 
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 7 Ob | serve the | maiden, | | innocently | 
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HO EXERCISES. 
 
 She's | fair | white | paper! | 7 an un | sullied | sheet; 
 
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 7 On | which | 7 the | happy | man | 7 whom | fate or- 
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 | clains | 
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 7 May | write his | name, | 7 and | take her for his | 
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 One | instance | more, | 7 and | only | one | 7 I'll j 
 
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 bring! | 
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 ? Tis the | great | man | 7 who | scorns a | little | thing; 
 
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 1 Whose | thought, | 7 whose | deeds, | 7 whose | 
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 maxims | 7 are his ] own; | 
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 | Form'd on the | feelings | 7 of his ] heart a | lone. 
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 7 Of | all the | kinds | | most | precious, | 
 
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 purest, | | best! | | 
 
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 ALEXANDER'S FEAST. 
 
 DRYDEN. 
 
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 7 By | Philip's | warlike | son; | 
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 7 A | loft, in | awful | state, | 
 
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 7 The | godlike | hero | sat | 
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 On his im | perial | throne; ] 
 
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 7 His | valiant | peers [ 7 were | plac'd a | round; | 
 
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 7 Their J brows | 7 with | roses j 7 and with | myrtle 
 
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 bound: | 
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 So should de | sert in | arms be | crown'd, [ 
 
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 7 The | lovely | Thais, | 7 by his | side, | j 
 
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 Sat like a | blooming | eastern | bride, | 
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 7 In | flower of | youth, | 7 and j beauty's | pride. | 
 
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 Happy, | | happy, | | happy [ pair! | 
 
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112 EXERCISES. 
 
 None but the | brave, | | none but the | brave, | 
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 none | but the | brave | 7 de | serves the [ 
 
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 fair! | | | 
 
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 7 Ti j motheus, [ plac'd on | high | 
 
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 7 A | mid the | tuneful | quire; | 
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 7 With | flying | fingers | touch'd the | lyre: | 
 
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 7 The | trembling | notes | 7 a? | cend the | sky, | 
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 7 And | lieavenly | joys in | spire. | 
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 7 The J song | 7 be | gan from | Jove! | 
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 7 Who ) left his | blissful | seats a | bove | | 
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 Such is the ) power of | mighty | love! | 
 
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 7 A | dragon's | fiery | form | 7 be | ly'd the j God: j 
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 7 Sub | lime, | 7 on | radiant | spires, | 7 he | rode, | 
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 W en he to | fair O | lympia | press'd; | 
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 | 7 And, | while he | sought her | snowy j 
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EXERCISES. 113 
 
 7 A | round her | slender | waist |. 7 he | curl'd s j 
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 7 And | stamp'd ( 7 an | image of him | self, j | 7 a » 
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 sovereign | 7 of the [ world! | | 
 
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 7 The I listening j crowd | 7 ad | mire the | lofc 
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 ty | sound, | | 
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 7 A | present | deity! | 7 they | shout a | round, | 
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 I 7 A | present | deity! | 7 the | vaulted | roofs re ( 
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 bound. | | j 
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 7 With [ ravish'd | ears [ 7 the | monarch j 
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 hears, j 
 
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 7 As | sumes the | god, | 7 af | fects to | nod, j 
 
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 7 And | seems to | shake the | spheres. | | j 
 
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 7 The | praise of | Bacchus, | then, | 7 the | sweet mu- 
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 | sician | sung: | 
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 7 Of | Bacchus ( ever | fair and | ever | youn^.j 
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 7 The | jolly | Gi)d, | 7 in | triumph, | comes; | 
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 Sound the | trumpets, | beat the | drums!' | 
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 | Flush'a with a | purple | grace, | 
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114 EXERCISER. 
 
 He | shews his | honest | face: ( 
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 7 he | comes! | 
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 . Bacchus, | ever | fair and | young, | 
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 Drinking | joys tiitl | first or | (lain: | 
 
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 Bacchus' | blessings | 7 are a | treasure, | 
 
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 Drinking | 7 is the | soldier's | pleasure: | 
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 | Rich the | treasure. | sweet the | pleasure; | 
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 Sweet is | pleasure | after | pain. J 
 
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 SoolhM with the | sound, | 7 the | king | grew | vain | 
 
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 Fought | all his | battles | o'er a | gain: | 
 
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 7 Arid | thrice he | routed | all his | foes | 7 and | 
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 thrice | 7 he | slew the | *lain. | 
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 7 The 1 master | | saw the | madness | rise, [ 
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 7 His | glowing ] cheeks, | 7 his | ardent | eyes, | 
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 | 7 And | while he j heaven and J earth de | fy'd | 
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 j ChangM his | hand, | 7 and | check'd his | pride. 
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EXERCISES. 115 
 
 7 He | chose a | mournful | muse, | 
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 [ Soft | pity | 7 to in | fuse;.| | 
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 7 He | sung Da | rfois, | | great, and | good! | 
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 7 By | too se | vere a | fate, | 
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 I Fallen | | Mien | | fallen | | fallen! | | ] 
 
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 Fallen | 7 from his | high es | tate, | 
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 7 And | welt-ring | 7 in h^s | blood. | | ) 
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 7 De | served, | 7 at his | utmost f need, j [ 
 
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 7 By | those | 7 his | forna'er | bounty | fed, | 
 
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 On the | bare | earth. | 7 ex | posed he | lies, j 
 
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 7 With | not a | friend | 7 to | close his | eyes. 
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 7 With | downcast | look | 7 the | joyless | victor J 
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 sate, | | 
 
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 7 Re | volving, | 7 in his | alter'd | soul, | j 
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 7 The | various | turns of | fate b« ) low; | 
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 7 And | now and | then, | 7 a | sigh he | stole | 
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 7 And | tears be | gan to | flow. | 
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lit, EXERCISES. 
 
 7 The | mighty | master | smil'd | 7 to | see | 
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 7 That | love | 7 was in the | next de | gree. | 
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 *Twas but a | kindred | sound to [ move: | 
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 | .7 For | pity | melts the | mind to | love. | 
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 Softly | sweet in | Lydian | measures ] 
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 Soon he | sooth'd his | soul to | pleasures. | { 
 
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 Honour | but an | empty | bubble; ] 
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 Never | ending, | still be | ginning, | 
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 Fighting | still and | still de | stroying: | 
 
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 If the | world be | worth thy | winning, | 
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 Think O j think it | worth en | joying! | 
 
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 Lovely | Thais | sits be | side thee. ] 
 
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 Take the | good the | gods pro | vide thee. | j | 
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 7 The | many | rend the j skies | 7 with | loud ap [ 
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 plause: | | 
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 | cause. | | | 
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EXERCISES. 117* 
 
 7 The | prince, | 7 un | able | 7 to con | ceal his j 
 
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 pain, | | 
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 Gaz'd on the | fair | 
 
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 7 Who | caus'd his | care, | | 
 
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 7 ^nd | sigh'd and | look'd, | | sigh'd and | look'd 
 
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 | sigh'd and | look'd | 7 and | sigh'd a 
 
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 7 At | length, | 7 with | love and | wine | *7 at | once 
 
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 op I prest, | 
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 1 The | vanquish 'd | victor | sunk | upon her | breast, 
 
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 Now | strike the | golden | lyre a | gain; | 
 
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 7 A | louder | yet, | 7 and | yet | 7 a | louder | 
 
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 strain: | 
 
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 Break his | bands of | sleep a | sunder, | 
 
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 7 And | rouse him | 7 with a | rattling | peal of | 
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 thunder. | | | 
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 Hark! | | hark! | | 7 the | horrid | sound | | 
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118 EXERCISES, 
 
 7 Has | rais'd up his | head, | 7 as a [ wak'd from 
 
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 the | dead, | 
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 7 And, a | maz'd he [ stare9 a ] round, j 
 
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 7 Re | venge! | 7 re | venge!]7Ti | motheus | cries:) | 
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 See the | Furies a | rise | 
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 See the | snakes that they | rear, | 
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 How they | hiss in the | air! | 
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 7 And the | sparkles that | flash from their | eyes! j 
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 7 Be J hold a | ghastly | band ) 
 
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 Each a | torch in his | hand: | 
 
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 These are | Grecian | ghosts, | 7 that in | battle were 
 
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 j slain, J 
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 7 And un | bury'd re j main, ] 
 
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 7 In | glorious, | 7 on the | plain: | 
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 Give the | vengeance | due j 7 to the | valiant | crew. 
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 7 Be | hold how they | toss their | torches on | high! | | 
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EXERCISES. 119 
 
 How they | point to the | Persian a J bodes, | 
 
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 7 And | glittering | temples | 7 of their | hostile j 
 
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 gods! | | | 
 
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 7 The | princes ap ] plaud | 7 with a j furious | joy j 
 
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 7 And the | king | seiz'd a | flambeau, | 7 with | zeal 
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 to de | stroy: | 
 
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 Thais | led the | way, j 7 to | light him | 7 fo his | 
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 prey, | ) 
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 7 And, | like an | other | Hden, ] | fir'd a | nother 
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 Thus, | long a | go-, | | 
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 7 < v Ere | heaving [bellows | Iearn'd to | blow, j | 
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 | 7 Ti | mot'neus, | 7 to his ^breathing | flute | 
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 7 And | sounding | lyre, | 
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 7 Could | swell the | soul to | rage, | 7 or | kindle | 
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 soft de | sire | | 
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 7 At | lasij | 7 di [ vine Ce | cilia | came, ] 
 
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120 EXERCISES. 
 
 7 In [ ventress | 7 of the | voca! | frame: | | 
 
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 7 The | sweet en | thusiast, | 7 from her | sacred | 
 
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 store, | 
 
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 ' 7 En ( larg'd the | former [ narrow | bounds, | j 
 
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 7 And | added' | length | 7 to | solemn | sounds. | 
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 7 W ith | Nature's | mother | v vit, | | 7 and | arts | 
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 7 u n | known be | fore. | 
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 7 Let | old Ti | motheus | yield the | prize: | 
 
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 7 Or | both di | vide the | crown: | 
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 | He | rais'd a | mortal | 7 to the | skies; | | f 
 
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 She | drew an | angel | down. | 
 
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 APOSTROPHE TO LIGHT. 
 
 Hail | holy | Light, | | offspring of | Heav'n | first 
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 | born, | 
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 | Or of the E | ternal | | cxe | iernal | beam, 
 
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EXERCISES. 121 
 
 May I ex | press | thee | un | blam'd? | | 7 Since | 
 
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 God | lis | light, | 
 
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 7 And I never | 7 but in | unap | proached | light | 
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 Dwelt from e | ternity, | | dwelt j then in | thee, | 
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 | Bright | effluence | 7 of | bright | essence | incre- 
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 7 Or | hears- 1 thou | rather, | | pure e | therial ] 
 
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 stream, | 
 
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 7 Whose | fountain | who shall | tell? j | 7 Be j 
 
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 fore the | sun, | 
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 7 Be | fore the | Heav'ns | thou | wert, | ] and at 
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 the | voice | 
 
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 7 Of | God | ] as with a | mantle, | 7 didst in | 
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 vest | 
 
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 7 The | rising ] world of | waters | | dark | 7 and | 
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 deep | 
 
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 ( Won from the | void | 7 and | formless | infinite. 
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122 EXERCISES. 
 
 Thee I re | visit | now | 7 with | bolder | wing, | 
 
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 7 Es | cap'd the | Stygian | pool | | 7 though | long 
 
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 de | tain'd | 
 
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 7 In | that ob | scure so | journ | | while | 7 in my 
 
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 7 Through | utter | 7 and through | middle | darkness 
 
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 | borne, | 
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 7 With | other | notes | than to the Or | phean | lyre j 
 
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 71 | sung of | chaos | 7 and e | ternal | night, | j 
 
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 Taught by the | heavenly | Muse | 7 to | venture | 
 
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 down | 
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 7 The | dark'de | scent | | 7 and | up to | re-as | 
 
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 cend | 
 
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 7 Though | hard | 7 and ] rare; | | thee I re | visit | 
 
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 safe | 
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 7 And | feel thy | sov'reign | vital | lamp: ] | 7 but 
 
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 | thou | 
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EXERCISES. 123 
 
 7 Re | visit'st | not | these | eyes, | 7 that | roll in | 
 
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 vain | 
 
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 7 To | find thy | piercing | ray, | | 7 and | find | 
 
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 no | dawn; | 
 
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 7 So | thick a | drop se | rene | 7 hath | quench'd their 
 
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 | orbs | | 
 
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 7 Or | dim suf | fusion | veil'd | | Yet not the 
 
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 | more | 
 
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 Cease I to | wander | | where the | muses | 
 
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 haunt, | 
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 Clear | spring | 7 or | shady | grove, ] 7 or | sunny | 
 
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 hill, | 
 
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 | Smit with the | love of | sacred -| song; | 
 
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 7 but | chief | 
 
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 Thee | Sion, j 7 and the | flow'ry | brooks be | neath | 
 
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 7 That | wash ] thy | hallovy'd | feet, 1 7 and | warbling 
 
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 | flow, I 
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124 EXERCTSES. 
 
 I Nightly I 1 l I v isit: | | 7 nor | some | times 
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 | 7 far | get | 
 
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 Those | other | two [ equallM with | me in | fate, | 
 
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 | So were | I -j equail'd with | them in re | noun | 
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 | Blind | Thamyris, | 7 and | blind Mae | onides, j 
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 7 And Ty | resias | 7 and | Phineus, | } prophets | 
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 oi* | | 
 
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 Then | feed on | thoughts, | 7 that [ voluntary | move J 
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 7 Har | monious | numbers; | 7 as the | wakeful | bird j 
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 Sings | darkling | 7 and in | shadiest | covert [hid | 
 
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 | Tunes her noc | turnal | note. | | Thus 
 
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 with the | year | 
 
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 Seasons | 7 re | turn, | 7 but | not to | me | 7 re | 
 
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 turns | 
 
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 Day | 7 or the | sweet ap | proach of | ev'n | 7 and | 
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 morn; | 
 
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 7 Or | sight of | vernal | bloom, | 7 or | summer's | 
 
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 rose, | [ 
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EXERCISES. 125 
 
 1 Or | flocks, | 7 or | herds, | \%&i human | face 
 
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 di | vine; | | 
 
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 7 But | cloud | 7 in | stead, | 7 and | ever | during j 
 
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 dark | 
 
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 7 Sur | rounds me, | 7 from the | cheerful [ ways of J 
 
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 men | 
 
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 7 Pre | sented | 7 with a | uni | versal | blank | 
 
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 7 Of | Nature's | works | | 7 to | me [ 7 ex | pung'd. 
 
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 and | raz\! | 
 
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 7 And | Wisdom, | 7 at | one | entrance, | | quite 
 
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 shut | out. ||[ 
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 ; So much the | rather | thou, | 7 ce | lestial | Light | 
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 Shine | inward, | | 7 and the | mind | 7 through | 
 
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 all her | powers | 
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 7 Ir | radiate, | | there | plant | eyes, | | all ] 
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 mist from | thence | 
 
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126 EXERCISES. 
 
 | Purge and d's j perse, | | that I may | see J 
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 7 and I tell | 
 
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 7 Of | things Jn [ visible | 7 to | mortal | sight. 
 
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 REPLY OF MR. FITT. 
 
 (THE LATE EARL OF CHATHAM.) 
 
 7 The # | trocious | crime | 7 of | being a | young | 
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 man, | 7 which the | honorable | gentleman | has, with 
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 such | spirit and | decency, | charg'd up | on me, | 
 
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 7 I shall | neitherat | tempt to | palliate, | nor de | ny; 
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 [ - | 7 but con | tent myself with | wishing | 7 that] 
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 I may be | one of | those | 7 whose | follies | cease with 
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 their ] youth; | | 7 and | not of | that | number | 
 
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 7 who are | ignorant | 7 in | spite of ex [ perience. [ 
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 Whether | youth | 7 can be im | puted to | any man 
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 | 7 as a re | proach, | 7 I | will not as | sume | 7 the | 
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EXERCISES. 1£7 
 
 province of de | termining: | | 7 but | surely, j age 
 
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 | may become | justly con ] temptibl , | | if the op- 
 
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 por | (unities | 7 which it | brings | 7 have | passed a | 
 
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 way [ 7 wit!) | outim | provement, | 7 and ] vice | 7 ap- 
 
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 | pears to pre | \ ail | 7 when the | passions | 7 have 
 
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 sub | sided. | | | 7 The | wretch | 7 that, [ after 
 
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 having ] seen the | consequences | 7 of a | thousand | 
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 errors, | 7 con | tinues | still to | blunder, | | 7 and 
 
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 whose | age | 7 has j only | added | obstinacy | tj&stii- 
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 | pidity, | 7 is | surely the | object | 7 of | either ab | 
 
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 horrence | 7 or con | tempt; | | 7 and de | serves not 
 
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 | 7 that his | grey | head | 7 should se | cure him from 
 
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 | insults | | Much | more | 7 is | he to be ab | 
 
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 horred | who, [ as he has ad | vanced in | age, | 7 has 
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 re | ceded from | virtue, | 7 and be | comes | more | 
 
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 wicked | 7 with | less temp | tation: | | 7 who | prosti- 
 
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 tutes-him | self for | money | 7 which he | cannot en | 
 
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 joy, | 7 and | spends the re | mains of his | life | 7 in 
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 the | ruin of his j country. | | | 
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I-2S EXERCISES. 
 
 7 But | vouth P is | not my | only | crime. ) j 
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 I 1 have bren ac | cus< d | 7 of | acting a the | atrical 
 
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 I p«'t. | | | 
 
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 7 A the | atrical | part, | may | cither im | ply | 
 
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 some pe | culi | amies of | gesture, | 7 or a | dissimu | 
 
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 lation of my | real | sentiments, | 7 and an a | doption 
 
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 of the | opinions and | language | 7 of an | other | 
 
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 man. [ | 
 
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 7 In the | first | sense, | 7 the [ charge is | too | tri- 
 
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 fling | 7 to be con | futed; | | 7 and de | serves | 
 
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 only to be | mentioned | | 7 that ] it may be de | spis- 
 
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 ed. | | | [ am at | liberty | 7 (like | every | other | 
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 man) | 7 to | use my | own | language: | 1 and j tho' I 
 
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 | may | 7 per | haps, | 7 have | some ] 7 am | bition, | 
 
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 yet to | please | this | gentleman, | I shall | nor | lay 
 
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 myself | 7 under | any re | straint, | 7 or J very | 7 so | 
 
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 licitously | copv | his | diction, | 7 or | his | mien; J 
 
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 7 how | ever | 7 ma | tured by | age, | 7 o* | modelled 
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EXERCISES. 12§ 
 
 by ex | perience. | | 7 If | any man | shall, 
 
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 7 by | charging; me J 7 with the | arrical b | bavtotfrj 
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 7 im | ply | 7 that I | utter | any | sentimems | but m 
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 | own, | 7 I shall | treat | him \ as a ca | iumniator 
 
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 7 and a | villain: | | nor shall | a. y pro | lection 
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 she'ter him | 7 from the | treatment | 7 which he de 
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 serves. | | 7 I | shall, | 7 on j such an oc | ca 
 
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 sion, | 7 with | out | scruple | trample upon | all 
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 those | forms | 7 with "which | wealth and | ,'ignify 
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 7 en | trench themselves; | | nor shall | any thing 
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 but I age | 7 re | strain my re | se'ntment: | | age, 
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 7 which | always | bnngs | one | privilege; | ] that 
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 7 of being ] insolent j 7 and super | cilious ( 7 with 
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 out | punishment. | 
 
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 But with re | gard to | those | whom I have of 
 
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 fended, | [ am of o | pinion | 7 that | if I had | acted 
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 | borrowed j part, | I should have a | voided their 
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 censure. | | 7 The | heat that, of | fended them 
 
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130 EXERCISES. 
 
 | 7 is the | ardour of con | viction, | 7 ?nd that | zeal 
 
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 for the | service of my | country, | 1 wh'ch | neither 
 
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 | hope, | 7 nor | fear. | 7 &hafl | influence me | 7 to 
 
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 sup [ press. | |1 I | will not | -it | uucuu | 
 
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 cerned | while my | iibeity | 7 is in | vaded; | 7 nor | 
 
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 look in | silence | 7 upon | public | robbery. | 
 
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 I will ex | ert my en | deavours | 7 at. what | ever | 
 
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 hazard) | 7 to re | pel the n^ | gressor, | 7 and | drag 
 
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 the | thief to i justice. | j what | power | so | ever 
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 J 7 may pro } tec* the J villany, j 7 and J who { ever j 
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 7 may par | take j 7 of the j pUmder. [ 
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 THE PASSIONS. 
 
 COLLINS. 
 
 7 When | Music, ] | heavenly | maid! | 7 was | 
 
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 young,) | 
 
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 7 Ere ] yet | 7 in | early | Greece, | 7 she | sung, | 
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 7 The | Passions | | oft | 7 to | hear her | shell, | 
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EXERCISES. 131 
 
 Throng'd a | round her | ma^ic | cell; | | [ 
 
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 7 Pos I sess'd | 7 be | yond the [Muse's | painting: | 
 
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 7 By | turns | 7 they | felt the | glowing | mind | 
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 7 Dis I turb'd | 7 de | lighted | | rais'd | | 7 re | 
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 7 They | snatch'd her | instruments of | sound; | | 
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 | Sweet | lessons | 7 of her | forceful | art) | 
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 | Each, | 7 (for | madness | ruPd the | hour) | 
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132 EXERCISES. 
 
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 7 A | mid the | chords | 7 be | wilder'd | laid, | 
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 7 And | back re | coil'd | 7 he | knew not | why | 
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 7 In | lightnings | own'd his | secret | stings; | 
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 7 \\ ith | «ne | rude | c'ash, | 7 he J struck the | lyre, j 
 
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 7 And | swept, with J hurr'ed | hand. | 7 the | strings. 
 
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 7 V- ith | woeful | measures | | wan Des | pair | 
 
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 | Low | sullen | sounds | 7 his | grief be [ guiled: 
 
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 7 A | solemn | | strange | 7 and j mingled | air: | 
 
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EXERCISES. 1 35 
 
 7 But | thou | ] Hope! | 7 with | pjes | so | fair, | 
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 | What was | thy de | lighted j measure? | 
 
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 Still if | whisper'd ] promis'd | pleasure, | 
 
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 7 And | bade the | lovely | scenes | 7 at | distance ] 
 
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 I hail! | | | 
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 Still would her | touch | 7 'he | strain pro | long; | 
 
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 And from the | rock?, | 7 the | wood, | 7 the | vale, | 
 
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 7 She | cail'd on | Echo | still, | 7 tl.rou£h | all her | 
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 song; | | 
 
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 7 Aad | where her | sweetest | theme, | 7 she | chose, { 
 
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 7 A | soft res | ponsive | voice, | 7 was | heard | 7 at j 
 
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 every (close; j 
 
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 7 And | Hope, | 7 en | chanted, | | smil'd, | 7 and | 
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 wav'd her | golden | hair. | 
 
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 7 And | longer | 7 had she | sung | | but,7 | 7 with 
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 a | frown, | 
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 7 Re | venge, | 7 im | patient ] rose: | | 
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IS4 EXERCISES. 
 
 7 He | threw his | blood | stain'd | sword, | Tin | thun- 
 
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 der ] down; | 
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 7 The | war de | nouncing | trumpet | took, 
 
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 [1 And j blew a | blast | so | loud and | dread, j 
 
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 7 Were | ne'er pro | phetic | sounds [ | so | full of 
 
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 | wo! I 
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 I 7 And, ] ever and a | non, | 7 he | beat | 
 
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 7 The | doubling | drum, | 1 with | furious ] heat: | 
 
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 7 And [ tho' | some | tim^s, | 7 each | dreary | pause 
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 be | tween, | 
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 7 De | jected | Pity, | 7 at his | side. | | 
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 7 Her | soul-sub j duing | voice | 7 ap | ply'd, j 
 
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 7 Yet | still | 7 he | kept his | wild, | 7 un | alterM j 
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 mien; | 
 
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 7 While | each | strain'd | ball of | sight | | seem\l 
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 | bursting | 7 from his | head. | 
 
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EXERCISES. 135 
 
 Thy | numbers, | | Jealousy! } 7 to | nought were 
 
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 |fix'd:.| | 
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 7 Of | differing | themes, | 7 the | veering | song was [ 
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 mix'd; | | 
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 7 And | now, | 7 it | courted | Love; | | now | raging 
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 | call'd on | Hate, j | | 
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 7 With | eyes ] 7 up | rais'd, | 7 as | one in | spir'd 9 
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 Pale | Melancholy | | sat re | tired; ] 
 
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 7 In | notes, ] 7 by | distance | [ made | more | 
 
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 sweet, j 
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 7 And | dashing | soft, | 7 from | rocks a | round, | 
 
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 7 Thro' j glades and | glooms, | 7 the j mingled | mea- 
 
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 sures ] stole: j | 
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136 EXERCISES. 
 
 7 Or | o'er | some | haunted | stream, | 7 with | fond 
 
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 de | lav, | 
 
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 | Love of | peace, [ 7 and | lonely | musing, | 
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 7 In | hollow | murmurs | | dy'd a | way. | i 
 
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 7 But | O! how | alter'd, [ 7 was its | sprightlier | 
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 tone! | 
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 7 When | Cheerfulness.. | | 7 a | nymph of | healthi- 
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 est | hue, | 
 
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 7 Her | bow j 7 a | cross her | shoulder | flung, | 
 
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 7 Her | bu.-kins | gemm'd with | morning | dew, | 
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 Blew an in | spiring | air, ] 7 that | dale and | thicket 
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 7 The ] hunters | call, | 7 to | Faun | 7 and | Dryad | 
 
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 known. | 
 
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 7 The | oak crown'd | sisters, | 7 and their | chaste 
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 eyed | queen, | 
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 Satyrs | 7 and | Sylvan | boys, | 7 were | seen, | 
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EXERCISES, 1ST 
 
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 | Brown | Exercise | 7 re | joie'd to | hear, | 
 
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 7 And | Sport | leapt [ up,7 | 7 and | seizM his | beech - 
 
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 en | spear. | 
 
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 Last came | Joy's | 7 ec | static | trial. | 
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 He with | viny | crown ad | vancing, | 
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 First to the ] lively | pipe | 7 his | hand ad ] dress'd; | 
 
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 7 But | soon he | saw the [ brisk a | wakening | viol, | 
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 7 Whose | sweet, | 7 en [ trancing | voice, | 7 he [ lov'd 
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 the | best. | | | 
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 They would have | thought, | 7 who | heard ] 7 the j 
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 strain, | 
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 7 They | saw; | 7 in ] Tempe's ] vale | 7 her | native | 
 
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 maids, | 
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 7 A | midst the | festal | | sounding j shades, | 
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 7 To | some un | weary'd | minstrel | dancing: | j 
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 While as his | flying | fingers | kiss'd the | strings. 
 
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138 EXERCISES. 
 
 Love | framed with | Mirth, | 7 a | <ray fan | tastic j 
 
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 round; | 
 
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 Loose were her | tresses | seen, | 7 her | zone | 7 un | 
 
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 bound; | | 
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 7 And | he, | 7 amidst | his | frolic | play, | 
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 7 As | if he would the ] charming j air | 7 re | pay, [ 
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 Shook | thousand j odours, | 7 from his | dewv j wings. 
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 CH1LDE HAROLD. 
 
 CANTO IX. CLXXXVI. 
 
 Oh! that the | Desert -| 7 were my | dwelling place, 
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 7 With | one | fair | Spirit | 7 for my | minister, | 
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 | That I might [ all for | get the | human | race, 
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 7 And, | hating | no one, | | love ] 7 bur | only 
 
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 her! | | | 
 
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 Ye | Elements! | 7 in | whose en | nobling | stir [ 
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 7 I I feel myself ex | alted: | | Can ye | not [ 
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EXERCISES. 130, 
 
 7 Ac [ cord me | 7 such a | being? | \ | Do I | 
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 err | 
 
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 7 In | deeming | such | 7 in | habit | many a ) spot? 
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 Though | with them | 7 to con | verse, | 7 can | rarely) 
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 be our | lot. [ | | 
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 There is a j pleasure | 7 in the | pathless | woods ? 
 
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 There is a | rapture | 7 on the | lonely | shore, | 
 
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 There is so | ciety, | | 7 where | none in | trudes, | 
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 | 7 By the | deep | sea, | 7 and | music | 7 in its | 
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 roar: | 
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 7 I | love not | man | 7 the | less, | 7 but | nature ! 
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 more, 
 
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 7 From | those our | interviews, ) 7 in | which I ) 
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 steal | 
 
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 7 From | all I | may be, | 7 or | have been | 7 be \ 
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 fore, | | 
 
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1 40 EXERCISES. 
 
 7 To | mingle | 7 with the [ universe, | and | feel j 
 
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 What I can | ne'er ex | press, | 7 jet | cannot | all | 
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 7 con | ceal. ] 
 
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 Roll | on, | 7 thou | deep | 7 and | dark | blue | ocean, 
 
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 7 Ten | thousand | fleets | | sweep over | thee, | 
 
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 7 in | vain, | 
 
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 Man | marks the | earth | 7 with | ruin | | 7 his con 
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 I trol | 
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 Stops with the | shore; | [ upon the | waterv | 
 
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 plain | 
 
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 ? The | wrecks are | all | thy | deed; | | nor doth 
 
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 re | main | 
 
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 7 A | shadow of | man's | ravage, | | save hh \ own, 
 
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 When for a | moment, | | 7 like a | drop of J rain,| 
 
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 7 He | sinks | 7 into | thy | depths | 7 with j bubbling 
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 | groan, | 
 
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EXERCISES. 141 
 
 7 With | out a | grave, | | 7 uri | knell'd, | 1 un | 
 
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 coffiu'd, | 1 and un | known. | 
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 7 His | steps | 7 are | not upon | thy | paths, | thy [ 
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 fields [ 
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 7 Are | not a | spoil' | 7 for | him, | | thou dost a | 
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 rise | 
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 7 And | shake him | from thee | | 7 the | vile j 
 
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 strength he | wields | 
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 7 For | earth's de | struction, ] | thou dost | all des 
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 | spise. | | 
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 Spurning him | 7 from thy | bosom, | 7 to the | skies, 
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 7 And | send'st him | shivering | 7 in thy | playful J 
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 spray, | 
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 7 And | howling, | 7 to his | Gods, | | where | 
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 haply | lies | 
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 7 His | petty | hope, | 7 in | some | near | port | 7 or | 
 
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 bay, | | 
 
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142 EXERCISES. 
 
 Then | dashest him | 7 a | gain | 7 to J earth: j j 
 
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 there | let him | lay. | | | 
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 7 The | armaments, ] 7 which | thunderstrike | 7 the | 
 
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 walls | 
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 7 Of | rock-built | cities, | | bidding | nations | 
 
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 quake, | | 
 
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 7 And | monarchs | | tremble | 7 in their j capi- 
 
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 tals, | 
 
 | 7 The | oak le | viathans, ] 7 whose | huge | ribs j 
 
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 make | 
 
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 7 Their | clay ere | ator | 7 the vain | title [ fake, | 
 
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 7 Of | lord of | thee, | 7 and | arbiter of | war! [ 
 
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 These are thy | toys, | | and as the | snowy | flake, ; 
 
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 7 They j melt into thy | yeast of | waves, | 7 which | 
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 mar | 
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 7 A | like the Ar [ mada's | pride, | or | spoils of | 
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 Tra'al | gar. | | | 
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EXERCISES. 14S 
 
 1 Thy [ shores are | empires, j | chang'd in | all | 
 
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 save | thee, | 
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 | 7 As | syria, | | Geeece, | | Rome, | | Car- 
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 thage, | | what: are | they? j 
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 7 Thy | waters | wasted them | | while they were | 
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 free, | 
 
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 | 7And | many a | tyrant | sine-: ] | 7 their 1 shores 
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 | 7 o | bey | 
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 7 The | stranger, | slave, | 7 r»r | savage; | 7 their de | 
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 cay | 
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 7 Has | dried up | realms ] 7 to [ deserts, J | not j 
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 so I fh )U, | 
 
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 Un [ changeable. | | save to thy | wild | waves | 
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 play: | | 
 
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 Time | writes | no | wrinkle j 7 on | thine | azure | 
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 brow; | 
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 | Such as ere | ation's | dawn | 7 be | held, ] j 
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 thou | roll est | now. | | ( 
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144 EXERCISES. 
 
 Thou | glorious | mirror, | where the, Al | mighty's j 
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 form | 
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 Glasses it ] self in | tempests; | 7 in | ali | time, j 
 
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 Calm | 7 or con | vuls'd, | | 7 in | breeze, | 7 or { 
 
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 gale, | 7 or | storm, | 
 
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 | Icing the | pole, | or in the | torrid [ clime j 
 
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 Dyrk | heaving; | | boundless, | | enuless, [ 
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 7 and sub | lime | 
 
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 7 The | image of E | terni'y! | | 7 the | throne | 
 
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 7 Of the In | visible; | | even from | out thy | 
 
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 sjime | 
 
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 7 The | monsters of the | deep | 7 are | made: | 
 
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 each j zone | 
 
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 7 | beys thee; | | thou | goest | forth, J dread, | 
 
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 fathomless, | 7 a | lone. | 
 
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 7 Ann | I have | lov'd thee | Ocean! | 7 and my | joy [ 
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 7 Of | youthful | sports | was on thy | breast | 7 to 
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 be f 
 
EXERCISES. 145 
 
 Borne, | 7 like thy | bubbles, | onward: | 7 from a [ 
 
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 boy [ 
 
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 7 I | wanton'd with thy | breakers; | | they to | 
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 roe | 
 
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 Made them a | terror, | | / 'twas a | pleasing | frar, j 
 
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 1 For | I was | 7 as it were, | 7 a ] chi!d of | thee, | 
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 7 And j trusted to thy | billows | | far and | near,| 
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 7 And ] laid my [ hand | 7 upon thy | mane, ] 7 as 1 | 
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 do | here. | 
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 OTHELLO'S ADDRESS TO THE SENATE. 
 
 SHAKSPEARE. 
 
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 1 tyy | very ] noble, | 7 arid ap | prov'd | good J mas- 
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 | ters; j | 
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 That I have | taken a | way | 7 this | old man's | 
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 daughter, [ 
 
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146 EXERCISES. 
 
 It is | most | true; | | true, | 7 I have | married 
 
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 her; | | 
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 1 The | very | head and J front | 7 of my of | fending | 
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 7 Hath | this ex | tent, | | no ] more. | | | 
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 Rude | 7 am ] I in | speech, | 
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 7 And | little | bless'd | 7 with the | set | phrase of [ 
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 peace; | j 
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 7 For | since | these | arms of | mine | 7 had J seven 
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 years | pith, | 
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 7 Till | now, | 7 some | nine moons | wasted, | 
 
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 they have | us'd | 
 
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 7 Their | dearest | action | 7 in the | tented | field; | 
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 7 And | little | 7 of this | great | world | 7 can [ I | 
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 speak | 
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 More than per | tains | 7 to | feats of j broil, | 7 and | 
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 battle; | | 
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 7 And, | therefore, | little | 7 shall I | grace my j 
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 cause, | 
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EXERCISES. 147 
 
 7 In ] speaking | 7 for my | self: | | yet | 7 by yourl 
 
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 patience, | - 
 
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 I will a | round, | 7un | varnish'd | tale de | liver, \ 
 
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 7 Of my | whole | course of | love: | 7 what | drugs, j 
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 ? what | charms, [ 
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 7 What | conju | ration, | 7 and what | mighty | ma- 
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 gic 
 
 7 (For | such pro | ceeding | 7 I am ] charg'd with | 
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 al) | 
 
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 I | won his | daughter | with. | | | 
 
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 7 Her | father | lov'd me; | | oft in | vited me; | 
 
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 | Still | question'd me | 7 the | story of my [life, j 
 
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 7 From | year to | year; | | 7 the | battles, | sieges, 
 
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 | fortunes, | 
 
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 That I have | past. | | | 
 
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 1 7 | run it | thro', | even from my | boyish | days, | 
 
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 ITothe | very | moment | 7 that he | bade me | tell ty, | 
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148 EXERCISES. 
 
 7 Where | in, | 7 I | spoke, | 7 of | most dis | astrous! 
 
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 chances; | 
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 7 Of | moving | accidents, | 7 bj | flood and | field; | 
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 7 Of J hair-breadth J 'scapes | 7 in the | imminent | 
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 deadly | breach; | | 
 
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 7 Of | being | taken, | 7 by the j insolent | foe, | 
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 7 And | sold to ] slavery; | | 7 of m/re | demption 
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 | thence; | 
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 7 Of | battles | bravely, | hardly | fought; | | 7 of J 
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 victories, j 
 
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 7 For | which the | conqueror | mourn 'd | | so | 
 
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 many | fell! | | | 
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 Sometimes | 7 J | told the | story | 7 of a | siege, | 
 
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 7 Where | in, 7 | 7 I | had to | combat | plagues and | 
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 famine, | 
 
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 Soldiers | 7 un | paid; | | fearful to | fight, | 7 yet | 
 
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 bold | 
 
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 7 In | dangerous | mutiny. | | | 
 
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 These | things to | hear | 
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EXERCISES. 149 
 
 7 Would | Desde | mona | | seriously [ 7 in | dine: 
 
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 A .*. 
 7 But I still, | 7 the | liouse af | fairs | 7 would | draw 
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 her | thence; | 
 
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 7 Which I ever, | 7 as 9he | could with | haste de | 
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 spatch, | 
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 7 She'd | come a | gain, | 7 and with a | greedy | ear | 
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 7 De | vour up | 7 my dis | course: | | 7 which | 1 ob- 
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 | serving, | 
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 Took | once | 7 a | pliant | hour; | | 7 and ] found | 
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 good [ means | 
 
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 7 To | draw from her | 7 a | prayer of | earnest | heart,} 
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 That I would | all | 7 my | pilgrimage ] 7 di | late, [ 
 
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 7 Where | of by | parcels | 7 she had | something | 
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 heard, | 
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 7 But | not dis | tinctively. ) | | I | did con | 
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 sent, | 
 
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 7 And | often | 7 did be | guile her | 7 of her | tears | 
 
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 13* 
 
150 EXERCISES. 
 
 | When I did | speak of | some dis | tressful j 
 
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 stroke | 
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 1 That my | youth | euffer'd. | | | 7 My | story | 
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 being | done, | 
 
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 1 She [ gave me, | 7 for my | pains, | 7 a | world of | 
 
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 sighs! | | 
 
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 7 She | swore, | 7 "In | faith | 7 'twas | strange, | 7 
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 'twas | passing [ strange; | 
 
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 7 'Twas | pitiful, | 7 'twas | wondrous | pitiful." | 
 
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 7 She | wish'd | 7 she | had not ) heard it; | | yet 
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 she | wish'd | 
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 That | heaven had | made | her | such a | man; | 
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 7 she | thank'd me | | 
 
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 7 And | bade me, [ | if I had a | friend that | 
 
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 lov'd her, ] 
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 7 1 | should but | teach him ] how to ( tell my [ story, J 
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 7 And | that would | woo her. | | | 7 On ] this J 
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 hint | 7 1 | spake. | | | 
 
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EXERCISES. 151 
 
 7 She | lov'd | me, | 7 for the [ dangers | 7 I had j 
 
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 pass'd; | | 
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 7 And | I | lov'd | her | that she did | pity them. | 
 
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 This, | only, | 7 is the | witchcraft | 7 I have ( used. | 
 
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 THE SPEECH OF ACHITHOPHEL TO AB- 
 SALOM. 
 
 DRYDEN. 
 
 7 Aus | picious [ Prince, | 7 at | whose | nativity | 
 7 Some | royal | planet | rul'd the | southern | sky! | 
 7 Thy | longing j country's | darling | 7 and tie | sire. \ 
 7 Their | cloudy [ pillar | 7 and their | guardian | fire; j 
 7 Their | second | Moses, | | whose ex | tended | 
 
 wand | 
 7Di 1 videsthe | seas, ( 7 and | shows the |.Promis'd | 
 
 Land; | | 
 7 Whose | dawning | day, | 7 in | every | distant | 
 
 age, | ■ | 
 7 Has | exerds'd | 7 the | sacred | prophet's | rage; | 
 | 7 The | people's | prayer, | 7 the | glad di | viner's | 
 
 theme, | 
 7 The | young men's | vision, | 7 and the J old men's 
 I dream: I 
 
152 EXERCISES, 
 
 | Thee, | saviour, | | thee, | 7 the | nation's | vow* 
 
 | 7 con | fess, | 
 7 And | never | satisfied with | seeing, | | bless. | 
 Swift unbe | spoken | pomps | 7 thy | steps pro | 
 
 claim, | 
 7 And | stammering | babes | 7 are | taught to | lisp | 
 
 7 thy | name. | | | 
 How | long | wilt thou the | general | joy de | tain, | 
 | Starve and de | fraud the | people | 7 of thy | reign; | 
 7 Con | tent in | gloriously | 7 to [ pass thy | days, | 
 7 Like | one of | Virtue's | fools, | 7 that | feed on | 
 
 praise; | | 
 Till thy | fresh | glories, | 7 which | now | shine | so 
 
 I bright, | 
 7 Grow | stale and [ tarnish, | T with our | daily | 
 
 sight? | I I 
 ? Be | lieve me, | royal | youth, | 7 thy | fruit | must 
 
 | be, I 
 7 Or | gather'd | ripe, | 7 or | rot | upon the J tree: | 
 Heav'n has to | all al | lotted, | | soon or | late, | 
 7 Some lucky | revo | (ution | 7 of their | fate, | 
 7 Whose | motions, | 7 if we | watch and | guide with 
 
 | skill, [ 
 7 (For | human | good de | pends on | human | will,) | 
 7 Our | fortune | rolls | as from a | smooth de | scent,! 
 | And from the | first im [ pression, [ | takes the | 
 
 bent; | | 
 But if uo | seiz'd, | 7 she | glides a | way like | wind, | 
 7 And | leaves re J penting | Folly | far be | hind. | | J 
 Now, | now she | meets you | 7 with a | glorious | 
 
 prize, 
 7 And | spreads her | locks be | fore you | 7 as she J 
 flies. | | | 
 
EXERCISES. ^ 155 
 
 7 Had | thus old | David, [ 7 from whose | loins you j 
 
 spring, | 
 Not | dar'd, | 7 when | Fortune | call'd | him, |»7 to be 
 
 I *"»& I 
 7 At | Gath, | 7 an | exile j he might | still | 7 re | 
 
 main, | 
 7 And | Heaven's a [ nointing | oil, | 7 had been in | 
 
 vain. | | | 
 Let his sue | cessful | youth | 7 your | hopes en | gage, ] 
 7 But j shun | 7 the ex [ ample | ] of de | dining | 
 
 a g e J I I 
 7 Be | hold him | setting | 7 in hisj western | skies, | 
 7 The | shadows [ lengthening, | 7 as the | vapours | 
 
 rise | | | 
 7 He | is not | now | as when on | Jordan's | sand | 
 7 The | joyful | people | throng'd to | see hjra | land, | 
 Covering the | beach, | 7 and | blackening | all the | 
 
 strand; | | | 
 But 7 | like the | prince of | angels, | 7 from his | 
 
 height, | 
 ] Comes | tumbling | downward, | 7 with di ] minish'd 
 
 7 Be [ tray'd by | one | poor ] plot | 7 to | public | 
 
 scorn! | 
 7 (Our | only | blessing | 7 since his | curs'd re j 
 
 t U m!)| | | 
 Those | heaps of | people, | 7 which | one | sheaf | did 
 
 | bind, | 
 Blown | off, and | scatter'd | 7 by a | puff of | wind. |] | 
 What | strength | can he, j / to your de | signs op | 
 
 pose, | 
 Naked of | friends, | 7 and | round be | set with j 
 
 foes? | | | 
 
154 EXERCISES. 
 
 7 If | Pharaoh's | doubtful | succour | 7 he should [ 
 
 use, | 
 7 A | foreign | aid | 7 would | more in | cense the | 
 
 Jews: | j 
 Proud | Egypt | 7 would dis | sembled | friendship | 
 
 brinjj, | 
 7 Fo | ment the | war, | 7 but [ not sup | port the | 
 
 king:) | 
 Nor would the | royal | party | | e'er u | nite | 
 7 With | Pharaoh's | arms, | 7 to as | sist the | Jebu- 
 
 site; | 
 ) Or if they | should, | 7 their | interest | soon would 
 
 | break, | 
 And with such | odious | aid, | 7 make [ David | 
 
 weak. | | | 
 All | sorts of | men, | 7 by | my sue | cessful | arts | 
 | 7 Ab | horring | kings, | 7 es | trange their | alter'd 
 
 I hearts | 
 7 From | David's rule: | | 7 and | 'tis their | general | 
 
 cr 7> I 
 3 Re | ligion, | | Commonwealth, ] 7 and ] Liber- 
 
 ty! 1 I I 
 
 7 If | you, | 7 as | champion of the | public [ good, | 
 Add to their | arms, | 7 a | chief of | royal | blood, f 
 What may not | Israel | hope, | 7 and | what ap [ 
 
 plause | 
 1 Might | such a | general | gain, | 7 by | such a | 
 
 cause! | [ 
 Not | barren | praise | 7 a | lone, | that | gaudy \ 
 
 flower, [ 
 Fair | only to the [ sight, | 7 but (solid | power; [ 
 | 7 And | nobler | 7 is a | limited coin [ mand, J 
 I Giv'n by the | love of [ ail your j native (land, | 
 
EXERCISES. 155 
 
 [ Than a sue | cessive | title, | J long and [ dark, | "j 
 Drawn from the | mouidv | rolls | 7 of | Noah's | 
 ark. | | | 
 
 FOURTH CHAPTER OF JOHN. 
 
 7 When | therefore | 7 the | Lord | knew how the 
 
 | Pharisees had | heard -7 | 7 that | Jesus | made and 
 bap | tised | more dis | ciples than | John, | 7 though. 
 
 | Jesus him | self | 7 bap | tised | not, | but | 7 his 
 dis | ciples, | 7 he [ left Judea, [ 7 and de | parted a [ 
 gain | 7 into | Galilee. | | And he must | 
 
 needs | go | through Sa | maria. | ] Then | 
 
 cometh he | 7 to a | city of Sam | aria, | 7 which is | 
 called | Sychar, J | near to the | parcel of | ground 
 
 | that | Jacob | gave | 7 to his | son | Joseph. | j 
 
 7 Now | Jacob's | weli | 7 was | there. | | Jesus 
 
 | therefore | being | wearied with his | iourney, | 
 sat | thus | 7 on the | well: | | and it was a | bout 
 the | sixth | hour. | | There | cometh a | wo- 
 
 man of Sam | ariu | 7 to | draw | water. | 
 Jesus | saith unto her, | | Give me to | drink, j | 
 7 for his dis | ciples | 7 were | gone a | way | 7 into the 
 
 | city, | 7 to | buy | meat. | | | | Then saith 
 the | woman of Sam | aria | unto him, | | How is 
 it | 7 that | 'hou, | beiny; a | Jew, | askest | drink of | 
 me, | 7 who am a | woman of Sam | aria? | 7 for the | 
 Jews | 7 have no | dealings | 7 with the Sam | aritans. 
 | Jesus | answered and | said unto her, 
 
 | | If thou | knewest the | gift of | God, | 7 and | 
 who it | is | 7 that | saith to thee, | give me to | drink; 
 ] thou wouldest have | asked of | him, | 7 and | 
 nq would have | given thee | living | water. | J 
 
156 EXERCISES. 
 
 7 The | woman | saith unto him, | Sir, | thou hast ] 
 nothing to ] draw with, | 7 and the | well is | deep: 
 | from | whence | then | hast thou ] that | living 
 
 | water, | ] 7 Art | thou | greater than our | father 
 
 ) Jacob, | 7 who | gave us the | well, | 7 and | drank 
 thereof, | 7 him [ self, | 7 and his | children. | 7 and his] 
 cattle? | | Jesus | answered ann | said unto 
 
 her, | | whoso | ever ] drinketh of | this | water, | 
 1 shall | thirst a | gain: | | 7 but | whoso | ever | 
 
 drinketh of the | water | 7 that | I shall | give him. | 
 1 shall | never | thirst; | | 7 but the | water that | 
 
 I shall | give him | 7 shall | be in him, | 7 a | well of | 
 w r ater, | | springing | up | into | ever | lasting | life. 
 | 7 The | woman | saith unto him, | | Sir, 
 
 ] give me this | water, { 7 that I | thirst not 5 | 
 neither | come | hither | 7 to j draw. | | Jesus 
 
 | saith unto her, | | go, | call thy | husband, | 7 and 
 
 | come | hither. | | 7 The | woman | answered 
 
 and | said, j 7 I | have no | husband. | | Jesus 
 
 | said unto her, | | thou hast | well | said, | 7 I 
 have | no | husband: | [ 7 for thou ] hast | had | 
 
 five | husbands; | 7 and | he whom thou | now | bast, | 
 7 is | not thv ) husband; | ] 7 in | that 7 | saidst 
 
 thou | truly | | 7 The | woman | saith unto 
 
 him, | | Sir, [ 7 I per | ceive, | 7 that [ thou art a | 
 prophet. | | Our | fathers | worshipped | 7 in | 
 
 thjs | mountain^ | | 7 and | ye | say, | 7 that in J- | 
 rusalem | 7 is the | place | 7 where | men | ought to | 
 worship. | j Jesus | saith unto her, | | woman, 
 
 | 7 b« | tieve me. | 7 the | hour | cometh, | | when 
 ye sbalj | neither | 7 in | this j mountain, | 1 nor | yet 
 in Je | susalem, | | worship the | Father. | | | 
 Ye 7 | worship | 7 ye | know not | what: | We | know 
 
EXERCISES, 157 
 
 j what | we j worship; | | 7 for sal | vation | 7 is of 
 the | Jews. | | 7 But the | hour | cometh, ] 
 
 1 and j now j is j 7 when the j true | worshipers | 
 7 shall ] worship the | Father J 7 in | spirit | 7 and in [ 
 truth: { j 7 for the | Father | seeketh | such | 7 to j 
 worship him. | | [ | God | 7 is a j spirit: | 7 and | they 
 that | worship | him, | 7 must | worship him | 7 in [ 
 spirit | 7 and in | truth. | | 7 The | woman | saith 
 unto him, J | | 7 I | know | 7 that Mes | sias j 
 cometh, | 7 which is j called | Christ: | 7 when | he is 
 
 j come, | 7 he will | tell us | all things. | | | Jesus | 
 saith unto her, | I that | speak unto thee | am | he. 
 | And upon | this | came his dis | ciples, | 7 and 
 
 | marvelled | 7 that he | ta'ked with the | woman: | 1 
 7 Yet | no man | said, | what | seekest thou? | | 7 or | 
 whv | talkest thou | with her. | | | 7 The | woman | 
 then | left her | water pot, | 7 and | went her j way 
 
 ] into the | city, | [ 7 and | saith to the | men, | j 
 come | see a | man | 7 that | told me | all things j 
 7 that | ever I ] did: | | Is not | this the | Christ? 
 | | Then | they went | out of the | city, | 7 and j 
 came unto him. | | | 7 In the | mean | while | 7 his 
 dis | ciples | prayed him, | | saying, | | master, | | 
 eat; ] | 7 but he | said unto them, | I have | meat to | 
 eat | 7 that | ye | know not of. [ | | 
 
 Therefore | said the dis | ciples | one to an | other, 
 
 | | 7 hath | any man | brought him | aught to | eat? 
 | Jesus | saith unto them, | | My | meat | 
 7 is to | do the | will of | him that | sent me, | 7 and to 
 
 | finish his | work. [ | | Say nut ye, | 7 there are j 
 
 yet | four | months, | 7 and | then I cometh the | 
 
 harvest? | | 7 be | hold ? | 7 I | say unto you, | | lift 
 
 up your | eyes, | 7 and | look on the | fields; | | 7 for 
 
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158 EXERCISES. 
 
 they are | white al f ready | 7 to | harvest. | | 
 7 And | he that j reapeth | 7 re | ceiveth j wages, | 
 7 and | gathereth | fruit | 7 unto | life e | ternal; | 
 ? that both | he that | soweth J 7 and | he that | reapeth 
 
 | 7 may re | joice to | gether. | | | 7 And | here | 
 in 7 | 7 is | that | saying | true, | | One | soweth, j 
 and an | other ) reapeth. | | | 7 1 | sent you to | reap 
 
 | that 7 | 7 where | on ye be | stowed | no | labour: | 
 
 | Other | men | laboured, | 7 and | ye are | entered | 
 7 into | their | labours. | | 7 And | many of the Sa 
 
 | maritans ] 7 of | that | city | 7 be | Jieved on him | 
 1 for the | saying of the | woman. | 7 which | testified, 
 
 | 7 he f told me | all that | ever I | did. | | | 7 So | 
 when the Sa | maritans | 7 were | come unto him, | 
 7 they be | sought him | 7 that he would | tarry with 
 them: | | 7 and he a | bode | there | two | days. | 
 7 And j many | more be | lieved on him | 7 be | cause 
 of his | own | words; | 7 and J said unto the | woman, 
 
 ] Now we be | lieve, | not be | cause of | thy 
 saying: | 7 for we have | heard him our | selves, | 7 and 
 
 | know, I 7 that | this is in | deed | 7 the | Christ, | 
 7 the | Saviour | 7 of the j world. | 
 
 ST. PAUL'S DEFENCE BEFORE KING AGRIPPA. 
 
 ACTS XXXVI. 1. 
 
 Then A | grippa | said unto | Paul, | | Thou art 
 per | mitted to | speak for thy | self. | | Then 
 
 | Paul | stretched forth the j hand, | 7 and | answered 
 | 7 for him | self. | | | 
 
 7 I | think myself j happy, | [ King A | grippa, | 7 
 be | cause I shall | answer for my | self | this | day | 
 
EXERCISES. 159 
 
 ? be j fore | thee, | touching | all the | things | 7 where 
 | of | 7 I am ac | cused [ 7 of the | Jews: | | where- 
 fore | 7 I be | seech thee | 7 to | hear me | patiently. | 
 | j 7 My | manner of | life | 7 from my | youth, 
 | | which was at the | first | 7 a | mong mine | own | 
 nation | 7 at Je | rusalem, | know | all the | Jews; | 
 7 which | knew me | 7 from the be | ginning, | if they 
 would | testify; | 7 that | after the | most [ straitest | 
 sect j 7 of our re | ligion j 7 I [ lived a | Pharisee, j | 
 J 7 And j now [ 7 1 | stand ] 7 and am | judged | 7 for 
 the | hope of the | promise | made of | God | /unto our 
 | fathers: | [ 7 unto | which | promise | 7 our J twelve 
 | tribes, | instantly | serving | God | day and | night, 
 
 j hope to | come. | | [ 1 For j which j hope's | 
 sake, | King A [ grippa, | j I am ac | cused | 7 of 
 the j Jews. | | | Why | should it be ] thought | 7 
 a j thing in (credible | 7 with | you, | 7 that | God j ? 
 should | raise the | dead? | | j 1 | verily | thought 
 with my | self, | 7 that 1 | ou.dit to | do | many things 
 
 | contrary | 7 to the | name of j Jesus of (Nazareth, j 
 | j 7 Which | thing j 7 I | also | did | 7 in Je | ru- 
 salem: | 7 and | many of the | saints | 7 did I (shut up 
 in | prison, | | having re | ceived au | thority | 7 from 
 the | chief | priests; | | 7 and | when they were | put 
 to | death, | 7 1 | gave | my | voice | 7 a | gainst them. 
 | 7 And I | punished them | oft | 7 in | every | 
 synagogue, | 7 and com | pelled them | 7 to bias | 
 pheme; | | 7 and | being ex | ceedingly | mad a | gainst 
 them, | 7 I | persecuted them | even unto | strange \ 
 cities. | j Whereupon as I | went to Da | mascus, 
 
 | | 7 with au ( thority, | 7 and com | mission | 7 from 
 the | chief | priests, | 7 at | mid | day, | | king, | 
 7 I j saw in the | way | 7 a | light from | heaven, [ 7 a 
 
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 [ bove the | brightness | 7 of the | sun, | | shining j 
 round a | bout | me, | 7 and | them which | journeyed 
 
 | with me. j | 7 And | when we were | all | fallen 
 to the | earth, | 7 I | heard a | voice | speaking un- 
 to me, | 7 and j saying | 7 in the | Hebrew | tongue, | | 
 Saul, | | Saul, | why | persecutest thou | me? | 
 1 it is [ hard | for thee | 7 to | kick a | gainst the | 
 pricks. | [. | 7 And I | said, | Who | art thou, | Lord? 
 
 | | 7 And he | said, | 7 I am | Jesus, | | whom 
 
 thou | persecutest. | | 7 But | rise | 7 and | stand 
 upon thy | feet; | | 7 for | I have ap | peared unto thee 
 
 ] 7 for | this | purpose, | 7 to [ make thee a | minister 
 
 j 7 and a | witness | | both of | these | things | which 
 thou hast | seen, | 7 and of ] those | things | 7 in the 
 j which | 1 1 will ap | pear unto thee; | | 7 de [ livering 
 thee | 7 from the | people, | 7 and from the | Gentiles, | 
 7 unto | whom [ now 1 | send thee; | 7 to | open their | 
 eyes, | 7 and to | turn them ] 7 from | darkness | 7 to 
 
 | light, | 7 and from the | power of | Satan | 7 unto | 
 God; | | 7 that | they may re | ceiye | 7 for | give- 
 ness of | sins, | 7 and in | heritance | 7a | mong | them 
 which are | sanctified, | 7 by | faith | 7 that is in | me. j 
 
 j | Whereup j on, | O | king A | grippa, | | I was | 
 not diso | bedient ] 7 unto the | heavenly | vision: | 
 i but | showed | first | 7 unto | them of Da [ mascus, | J 
 7 and at Je | rusalem, | 7 and through | out | all the | 
 coasts of Ju | dea, | 7 and | then | 7 to the | Gentiles, 
 j ] that they should re | pent | 7 and | turn to | God, 
 | 7 and | do | works | meet for re | pentance. | 
 7 For | these | causes | 7 the | Jews | caught me in the 
 | vmpU ■. | | 7 and | went a | bout | 7 tot | kill me. [ 
 | Having | therefore J 7 ob | tained | help of | God, 
 | 7 1 con J tinue j 7 unto j this | day, | witnessing | 
 
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 both to | small and | great, | | saying | none j other [ 
 things ] 7 than | those | 7 which the | prophets ,| 7 and 
 (Moses | 7 did | say, (7 should ] come. | | J/hThat ) 
 Christ | 7 should | suffer, | 7 and that | he should be 
 the | first | 7 that should | rise from the | dead, | 7 and 
 should | shew | light | 7 unto the [people, | and | 7 to 
 the | Gentiles. | j | 7 And as he | thus | spake for 
 himself, | ] Festus | said with a | loud | voice, | 
 Paul, | thou art be | side thyself; j | much | learning} 
 1 doth | make thee | mad. j | | But he | said, | 7 I am 
 
 | not ] mad, [ 7 most | noble | Festus, | 7 but | speak 
 forth tne ] words of | truth | 7 and | soberness. | | 
 7 For the | king | knoweth of | these | things, | 7 be | 
 fore [ whom | also | 7 I | speak ] freely: | | 7 for ] I 
 am per | suaded | 7 that [ none of | these | things.,) 
 7 are | hidden from | him; | | 7 for (this | thing | 7 was 
 
 | not | done in a | corner. | | King A | grippa, [ 
 7 be | lievest thou the | prophets? | | | 7 I | know | 
 7 that thou be | lievest. | | | Then | 7 A | grippa | said 
 unto | Paul, | Al ] most | thou per | suadest J me | 7 to 
 be a | Christian. J | I 7 And | Paul | said, | 7 I | would 
 to | God, | 7 that | not only J thou, | 7 but | also | all 
 that | hear me | this | day, | 7 were | both | al | most, 
 
 I 7 and | alto | gether ] such as | I am, ( 7 ex | cept | 
 these | bonds. | | | 
 
 SONG OF MOSES. 
 
 EXOBUS, XV. 1. 
 
 Then | sang | Moses | 7 and the | children of j 
 Israel | this | song | 7 unto the | Lord, | 7 and | spake, 
 | saying, | 7 I will ] sing unto the | Lord, | 7 for he 
 
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J 62 EXERCISES. 
 
 hath | triumphed | gloriously: | | 7 the | horse | 7 and 
 
 his | rider | 7 hath"' he | thrown into the | sea. | 
 
 7 The | Lord | 7 is my | strength ant! | song;, | 7 and 
 
 | he is be | come my sal | vation; | | he is [ my | 
 God, | 7i)nd'|il:^iirpre | pare him an | habi | tation; | 
 
 | 7 my | father's | God, | 7 and | I will ex | alt him. 
 
 | | | 7 The | Lord | 7 is a j man of | war: | 7 Je | 
 hovah | 7 is his | name. | (Pharaoh's | chariots | 
 
 7 and his | host | 7 hath he | cast into the | sea: | 
 1 his | chosen | captains | also | 7 are | drowned in the 
 
 | Red | Sea. | | | 7 The | depths | 7 have | covered 
 them: | | 7 they | sank into the | bottom | 7 as a | 
 stone. | , | | Thy | right | hand, | | Lord, J.7 is be] 
 come ] glorious in j power: | | thy | light | hand | O | 
 Lord, | 7 hath | dashed in | pieces | 7 the | enemy. | ) | 
 7 And in the | greatness of thine | excellency | thou hast | 
 over | thrown | them | 7 that | rose up a | gainst thee; | 1 
 I thou | sentest forth thy j wrath, | 7 which con ] 
 sumed them | 7 as | stubble. | | 7 and with the | 
 blast of thy | nostrils | 7 the | waters | 7 were |gathered 
 to | gether, | | 7 the | floods j stood | upright j 7 as an 
 
 | heap, | 7 and the | depths | 7 were con | gealed | 
 1 in the | heart of the | sea. | | 7 The | enemy [ 
 said, | I will pur j sue, | I will | over | take, | I will 
 di | vide the | spoil ; | 7 my | lust ) 7 shall be | satisfied 
 
 | 7 up ] on them: | | 7 I will | draw my | sword, | 
 1 my | hand shall des | troy them. | | Thou didst j 
 blow with thy | wind, | 7 the | sea | covered them: | 
 
 I 7 they | sank as i lead | 7 in the | mighty | waters. 
 
 | j | Who is | like unto | thee, | O j 7 Je | hovah | 
 7 a j mong the | Gods? | | Who is | like | tbee, | | 
 glorious in | holiness, | | fearful in ] praises, | 
 doing J wonders? J | | 7 Thou | strctchedst out thy j 
 
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 right | hand, | 7 the | eartlj | swallowed them, | 
 Thou | 7 in thy | mercy | 7 hast ] led forth the | people 
 
 | 7 which | thou hast re | deemed: | | 7 thou hast | 
 guided them | 7 in thy | strength | 7 unto thy | holy | 
 habi [ tation. | | 7 The | people shall | hear, | 7 and 
 be a | fraid: | | sorrow | 7 shall take | hold | 7 on the 
 in | habitants of [ Pales | tina. | | | Then the | 
 Dukes of | Edom | 7 shall be a | mazed; | | 7 the | 
 mighty | men of | Moab, | | trembling | 7 shall take | 
 hold up | on them: | | all the in | habitants | 7 of Ca | 
 naan | 7 shall | melt a | way. | | Fear and | dread 
 
 j 7 shall ( fall up | on them; | | 7 by the | greatness 
 of | thine | arm | they shall be as | still | 7 as a | 
 stone; | 7 till | thy | people | pass | over, | | Lord, 
 
 | 7 till the | people | pass | over, | 7 which | thou hast 
 purchased, j | | Thou shalt [ bring them | in, | 7 and 
 
 | plant them [ 7 in the j mountain | 7 of thine in | 
 heritance, J 7 in the | place, [ O | Lord, | 7 which | 
 thou hast | made | 7 for | thee to | dwell in, | 7 in the 
 
 [ sanctuary, | O | Lord, | 7 which | thy | hands | 
 7have.es | tablished. J | | 7 Je | hovah | 7 shall | reign 
 
 | 7 for | ever | 7 and | ever. | | | 
 
 ISAIAH, CHAP. XXXV. 
 
 1 The I wilderness | 7 and the | solidary | place | 
 7 shall be | glad for them; | | and the | desert j 7 shall 
 re | joice | 7 and | blossom | 7 as the | rose. | | | 7 It 
 shall | blossom a | bundantly. | 7 and re | joice | even 
 with | joy and | singing: | | 7 the | glory of | Lebanon 
 | 7 shall be | given | 7 unto it, | | 7 the | excellency of 
 j Carmel | 7 aud | Sharon. | | 7 they shall | see the | 
 glory of the | Lord, | 7 and the | excellency of | our j 
 
164 EXERCISES. 
 
 God. | | | Strengthen ye | 7 the | weak | hands, f 
 7 and con | firm the | feeble | knees. | | Say to | 
 them | that are of a | fearful J heart, | Be | strong; | 
 fear | not: | | 7 be | hold, | 7your | God | 7 will | come 
 with | vengeance, | | even | God | 7 with a | recom- 
 pense; | | he will | come and j save you. | | Then 
 the | eyes of the | blind | 7 shall be | opened, | 7 and 
 the | ears of the | deaf | 7 shall be un | stopped. | | 
 Then | 7 shall the | lame | man | leap as an | hart, | { 
 7 and the | tongue of the | dumb | sing: | j 7 for in 
 the | wilderness | 7 shall | waters | break | out, | 7 and 
 
 [ streams | 7 in the | desert. | | 7 And the | parch- 
 ed | ground | 7 shall be | come a | pool, | 7 and the | 
 thirsty | land | springs of | water: | | 7 in the | habi | 
 tation of | dragons | 7 where | each | lay, | 7 shall be j 
 grass | 7 with | reeds and | rushes. | | | 7 And a | high 
 
 | way | 7 shall be | there, | 7 and a | way, [ 7 and | it 
 shall be | called, | 7 the | way of | holiness; | | 7 the j 
 un | clean | 7 shall | not | pass | over it; J | but it 
 shall | be for j those: | | 7 the | wayfaring | men, | 
 though | fools, | shall not | err | 7 there | in. | | No 
 
 | lion | 7 shall be | there, | | 7 nor | any | ravenous | 
 beast | 7shall | go up | 7 there | on; | 7 it shall | not be ] 
 found | there: | 7 but the re | deemed | 7 shall | walk 
 there: | | 7 And the | ransomed of the | Lord | 7 shall 
 re | turn, | 7 and | come to | Zion | 7 with | songs | 
 7 and | ever | lasting | joy ] 7 upon their | heads: | 
 they shall ob | tain | joy and | gladness, | | 7 and j 
 sorrow and | sighing | 7 shall | flee a | way. | | | 
 
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 ON SINCERITY. 
 
 FROM A. B. P. TILLOTSON, (ABRIDGED,) 
 
 Truth | 7 and sin | cerity | 7 have | all the ad j 
 vantages ] 7 of ap | pearance, | 7 and | many | more* 
 | 7 If the | show of | any thing | 7 be [ good for | 
 anything, ] | 71 am | sure | 7 the re | aiity J 7 is j better: 
 | 7 for | why | 1 does | any man | 7 dis | semble, | 
 7 or | seem to be | that which he | is | not, | | but be | 
 cause | 7 he | thinks it | good to | have | 7 the | quali- 
 ties | 7 he pre | tends to? | | Now the | best. | way 
 
 | 7 for a | man to | seem to be | any thing, | is to | 
 be in re | ality, | | what he would | seem to be: | | 
 7 be | sides, | 7 it is | often as | troublesome | 7 to sup | 
 port the pre | tence of a | good | quality, | 7 as to | 
 have it; | 7 and | if a | man | have it not, | 7 it is | 
 most | likely | he will be dis | covered to | want it; | 
 
 | 7 and | then, | all his | labour to | seem to | have it, 
 
 ] 7 is | lost. | | 7 There is | something | un ] 
 
 natural ( 7 in | painting, | 7 which a | skilful | eye | 
 7 will | easily dis | cern | 7 from | native | beauty j 
 7 and com | plexion. | | | 
 
 Therefore, | 7 if | any man | think it con J venient 
 to | seem | good, | let him | be so in | deed: | | 7 and 
 
 | then | 7 his | goodness will ap | pear | 7 to | every 
 one's | 7 satis | faction. | | 7 Far | ticularly, | | as 
 
 to the af | fairs of | this | world, | 7 in | tegrity | 7 hath 
 
 | many ad | vantages | over | all the arti | ficial | 
 modes | 7 of | dissimu | lation | 7 and de | ceit. | | | 
 7 It is | mueh the | plainer | 7 and | easier, | | much 
 the | safer. | 7 and | more se | cure | way of | dealing 
 in the | world; | J 7 It has | less of | trouble and | dtf- 
 
166 EXERCISES. 
 
 ficulty, | 7 of en | tanglement | 7 and per j plexity, [ 
 7 of | danger and | hazard | 7 in it. | [ | 7 The | arts 
 of de | ceit and | cunning | 7 con | tmuaily | grow | 
 weaker, | 7 and | less | serviceable | 7 to | those that | 
 practise them; | | 7 where | as | 7 in ( tegrity | | gains 
 j strength by | use; | | 7 and the | more and | longer 
 | any man | practiseth it, | 7 the j greater | service j 
 1 it | does him; | | 7 by con | firming his | repu | ta- 
 tion, | 7 and en | couraging | those | 7 with | whom he 
 | hath to | do, | 7 to re | pose the | greatest | confi- 
 dence | 7 in him: | | which is an un | speakable ad | 
 vantage | 7 in [ business, J 7 and the af | fairs of | life. 
 
 t I l 
 
 7 But | insin | cerity | 7 is | very | troublesome to | 
 manage. | | 7 A J hypocrite | 7 hath | so many | 
 
 things | 7 to at j tend to, | 7 as J make his | life | 7 a | 
 very per | plexed and | intricate | thiRg. | | 7 A j 
 iiar | 7 hath | need of a | good | memory, | | lest he | 
 contra | diet | 7 at | one | time | 7 what he | said at an 
 | other: | | 7 but | truth | 7 is | always con | sistent, | 
 7 and | needs | nothing to | help it | out: | ] 7 it is j 
 always j near at | hand, | 7 and | sits upon our J lips; 
 
 | 7 where | as a | lie | 7 is | troublesome, | 7 and J 
 needs a | great | many | more | 7 to | make it | good. 
 
 II! 
 
 7 In a | word, | whatso | ever con | venience | 7 may 
 
 be | thought | 7 to | be in | falsehood | 7 and dis [ simti- 
 
 j lation, | 7 it is | soon | over; | | but the | incon | 
 
 venience of it | 7 is per j petual; | | 7 be | cause | 7 it 
 
 | brings a | man J under an | ever | lasting [jealousy 
 
 | and sus | picion; | | so that he is | not be | lieved | 
 
 ? when he | speaks the | truth; | ( 7 nor | trusted | 7 when 
 
 per | haps, | 7 he | means | honestly. | | | When a J 
 
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 ftian hath '(.. once | forfeited | 7 the repu | tation j 7 of 
 his in | tegrity, | | nothing | 7 will | then | serve his 
 
 | turn; | | neither | truth | nor J falsehood. | | | 
 
 7 In | deed, j 7 if a | man were | only to | deal in 
 the | world | 7 for a | day, | 7 and should | never have 
 oc | casion | 7 to con | verse | more with man | kind, 
 
 | it were | then | 7 no | great | matter | 7 (as | far as 
 res | pects the af | fairs of | this | world) | 7 if he ] 
 spent, his | repu | tation | all at | once; [ 7 or | ven- 
 tured it j 7 at f one J throw. | | | But if he | be to 
 con | tinue j 7 in the | world, | 7 and would ) have the 
 ad | vantage of | repu f tation | whilst he is | in it, | 
 
 | let him | make | use of | truth | 7 and sin | eerity | 
 7 in | all his J words and | actions: | | 7 for | nothing 
 but | this | 7 will | hold | out | 7 to the | end. | | | 
 All | other | arts | 7 may fail; | 7 but | truth | 7 and in- 
 
 | tegrity | 7 will | carry a (man | through, | 7 and { 
 bear him j out | 7 to the | last. | | | 
 
 SPEECH OF PATRICK HENRY. 
 
 Mr. | President, | | 7 it is | natural to | man | 7 to 
 in | dulge in the i! | lusions of | hope. | | | 7 We are 
 
 | apt to.) shut our | eyes | 7 a | gainst a | painful | 
 truth, | | 7 and | listen to the | song of that | Syren* 
 
 | | till she trans | forms us | 7 into | beasts. | 
 7 Is | this the | part of | wise | men. | 7 en | ^ag*. j d in 
 a | u,reat and | arduous | struggle | 7 for | liberty? | | 
 
 | Are we dis | posed | 7 to | be of the j number of | 
 those | 7 who | having | eyes, [see not, | 7 and \ 
 having | ear?-., | hear not the | things | 7 which so | 
 nearly con | cern our | temporal sal | vation? | | | 
 
16S EXERCISES 
 
 1 For | my | part, | 7 what | ever | anguish of | spirit 
 | 7 it may | cost, | | I am | willing to | know the j 
 whole | truth; j | 7 to | know the | worst, | | and to 
 pro | vide for it. | | | 
 
 7 I | have but | one | lamp, | 7 by which | my | feet 
 are [guided; ] | 7 and | that | 7 is the | lamp of ex | 
 perience. | | 7 I | know of | no | way of | judging 
 of the j future | | but by the | past. | | | 7 And | 
 judging by the | past, | 7 I | wish to | know | what 
 there has | been | 7 in the | conduct of the | British ] 
 ministry | 7 for the | last | ten | years, | 7 to | justify 
 | 7 those | hopes | 7 with which | gentlemen | 7 have 
 been | pleased to | solace them | selves | 7 and the | 
 house? | | | Is it | that in | sidious | smile | 7 with 
 | which our pe | tition | 7 has been | lately re | ceived? 
 'I | | Trust it | not | 7 Sir; | 7 it will | prove a | snare 
 | 7 to your | feet. | | Suffer not your | selves | 7 to 
 be be | trayed | 7 wiih a | kiss. | | Ask yourselves 
 | how tins | gracious re | ception ] 7 of our pe | tition 
 1 7 com | ports with those | warlike | prepa | rations | 
 7 which | cover our ] waters | 7 and | darken our J 
 land. | | 7 Are | fleets | 7 and | armies | necessary 
 
 | 7 to a | work of | 'ove and | reconcili [ ation? | 
 7 Have we | shown ourselves | so un | willing to be | 
 reconciled, | 7 that ] force | 7 must be j called | in 
 | 7 to | win | back our | love? | | 7 Let us | not 
 
 de [ ceive ourselves, | 7 Sir. | | These | 7 are the 
 
 | implements of | war | 7 and | subjtr | gation; | 
 7 the | last | arguments | 7 to whicii | kings re J sort, j 
 [ | 7 I | ask | gentlemen, | 7 Sir, | what | means this | 
 martial ar | ray, | 7 if its | purpose | be not to [ force 
 us to sub | mission? | | 7 Can j gentlemen as | sign 
 any | other } possible [ motive for it? j | 7 Has j 
 
EXERCISES. 169 
 
 Great | Britain | any j enemy | 7 in | this | quarter of 
 the | world, | 7 to | call for | all thisac | cumu | latioa 
 | 7 of | navies and | armies? | | | No, Sir, | she has 
 | none. | | 7 They are | meant for | usr | | 7 they | 
 can be | meant for | no | other. [ | 7 They are | 
 
 sent | over | 7 to | bind and | rivet upon | us j those [ 
 chains, | 7 which the | British | ministry | / have been 
 | so | long; | forging. | | 7 and | what have j we | 1 to 
 op | pose to them? | |, | 7 Shall we J ;ry | argument^ 
 | Sir, | 7 we | have been j trying j that \ 7 for* the 
 [ last | ten (.years | | 7 Have wv | any thing | 
 
 new | 7 to | offer | 7 upon the | -ubjec ?.| | | Nothing. 
 | | | 7 We have | held the | .ubject | up | 7 in | 
 every | light [ 7 of | which it s | capable; | | but | 7 it 
 has been | all in | vain. [ | Shali we rn | sort to en- 
 | treaty | 7 and | humbU j suppli | cation? [ 
 What | terms | 7 shall we | find | 7 which have | not 
 been al | ready | 7 ex | hausted? | | | Let us | not, | 
 7 f be | seech you, Sir, | 7 de | cei.e ourselves | longer. 
 | Sir, | 7 we have [ done [ every thing | 7 that J 
 could be | done, | 7 to a | vert the | storm | 7 which is 
 | now | coming | on. | | We have pe | titioned, | j 
 we have re | monstrated, ] | we have | supplicated,] 
 | "we have | prostrated ourselves | 7 be | fore the | 
 throne, | | 7 and have im | plored its | in'erpo | sition 
 [7 to ar | rest the ty | rannical | hands | 7 of the | min- 
 istry j 7 and | parliament. | | 7 Our pe | titions 
 | 7 have been | slighted; | j 7 our re | monstrances | 
 7 have pro | duced ad | ditional | violence | 7 and | in- 
 sult; | | 7 our | suppli | cations | 7 have been | disre | 
 garded; | | 7 and | we have been | spurned, | 7 with 
 con | tempt, | 7 from the | foot of the | throne. | | | 
 ? In J vain, | 7 after | these | things, | 7 may we in | 
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370 EXERCISES. 
 
 dulge the | fond | hope J 7 of | peace | 7 and ] reconci 
 li | ation. | | 7 There is \ no | longer \ any \ room 
 
 for | hope. \ \ | If we j wish to be | free, | | if we | 
 mean to pre | serve in | violate ] those in | estimable 
 privileges | 7 for | which we have been | so | long con | 
 tending, | | if we | mean not | basely to a | bandon | 
 7 the | noble | struggle j 7 in | which we have been | so 
 
 | long en | gaged, | 7 and | which we have | pledged 
 ourselves | never to a ] bandon, | [ until the | glori- 
 ous | object | 7 of our | contest | 7 shall be ob | tained. 
 
 | | We must | fight. | j 7 I re j peat it Sir, | 7 we 
 
 j must | fight! | | 7 An ap | peal to | arms, | and to 
 the | God of | Hosts, | 7 is | all | 7 that is | left us! | | { 
 7 They | tell us, J 7 Sir, | 7 that we are | weak, | 
 7 un | able to | cope with so | formidable an | adversa- 
 ry. | | 7 But, | when shall we be | stronger? | 
 Will it be the | next | week | 7 or the | next J year? | 
 | Will it | be | 7 when we are | totally dis | armed, 
 land | when a | British | guard | 7 shall be | stationed 
 in | every | house? | | 7 Shall we | gather | strength 
 
 | 7 by | irreso | lution | 7 and in | action? j j | 7 Shall 
 we ac | quire the | means of ef | fectual re | distance, } 
 7 by | Ivingsu | pinely | 7 on our | backs, | 7 and | hug- 
 ging the de | lusive | phantom of | hope. | 7 un | til our 
 | enemies | 7 shall have | bound us | hand and | foot?) 
 | Sir $ | 7 we are ] not j weak, | 7 if we | make a 1 
 proper | use of | those | means J 7 which the ] God of | 
 Nature | 7 hath | placed in our | power. | | Three ] 
 millions of | people, | | armed in the | holy | cause of 
 
 | liberty, | 7 and in [ such a | country | 7 as | that 
 which | we pos | sess, | 7 are in | vincible | 7 by | any 
 
 | force | 7 which our | enemy can | send a | gainst us. 
 
 | | | 7 Be | Fides, Sir, j 7 we shall | not | fight our j 
 battles a | lone. | | | There is a | just | God | 7 who 
 
EXERCISES. 171 
 
 pre [sides | over the | destinies of | nations; [ j 7 and 
 
 | who will | raise | up | friends J 7 to | fight our | bat- 
 tles | for us. | | ] 7 The | battle Sir, | 7 is | not to the 
 
 | strong | 7 a | lone, | | it is to the | vigilant, | 7 the 
 
 j active, | 7 the | brave. | [ 7 Be | sides Sir, | 7 we 
 
 have | no e [ lection. | | If we were j base enough | 
 
 7 to de | sire it, j 7 it is j now | too [late | 7 to re | 
 
 tire from the j contest. | [ | 7 There is | no re | treat, 
 
 | but in sub | mission | 7 and | slavery. | | 7 Our 
 
 | chains are | forged. | | 7 Their | clanking | 7 may 
 be '| heard ] on the [ plains of J Boston, j | | 7 The j 
 war | 7 is in | evi table | | and | let it | come! | 
 7 I re | peat it Sir, J | let it | come! | | 7 It is in j 
 
 vain Sir | 7 to ex j tenuafe the | matter. | | | Gentle- 
 men mav | cry J peace, | peace! | | but there is | no) 
 peace. | | 7 the | war is | actually be | gun! | 
 7 The | next | gale that | sweeps from the ] north | 
 7 will | bring to our | ears | 7 the | clash of re | sound- 
 ing | arm?! | | 7 Our | brethren | 7 are al | ready | 
 7 in the | field! | | | Why | stand | we j here j idle? 
 
 | | | What | is it | 7 that j gentlemen | wish? | | | 
 "What | would they | have? | | | 7 Is | life j so | dear, 
 
 | 7 or | peace [ so | sweet, | 7 as to be | purchased j 
 7 at the | price of | chains and | slavery? | | { 7 For J 
 bid it, | 7 Al | mighty | God! | | 7 I | know not | what 
 
 | course J others may | take; | | 7 but | as for | me, j 
 give | me ] liberty: | | 7 or | give me | death! I 
 
 SATAN'S SOLILOQUY. 
 
 MILTON. 
 
 O | Thou, | that with sur | passing J glory j 
 crown'd, j 
 
I rC EXERCISES.^ 
 
 Look'st from thy [ sole do | minion, | | like the | God [ 
 7 Of | this | new | world; | | 7 at | whose | sight ( all 
 
 the | stars | 
 Hide their di | minish'd | heads; | | 7 to | thee | 7 I | 
 
 call, | 
 | But with | no | friendly | voice, | 7 and | add thj | 
 
 name, | 
 
 | Sun, | 7 to | tell thee | 7 how I | hate thy | beams, 1 1 
 7 That | bring j 7 to my re | membrance | 7 from what 
 
 | state | 
 
 I I | fell, | | 7 how | glorious | once | 7 a | bove thy | 
 
 sphere; | 
 7 Till | pride | 7 and | worse am | bition | | threw me 
 
 | down, | 
 j Warring in | Heaven | 7 a | gainst | Heaven's | 
 
 matchless | King: | | | 
 Ah, | wherefore! | | 7 he de | serv'd | no [ such re | 
 turn | 
 
 1 From | me, | | whom | he ere | ated | 7 what I | 
 
 was | 
 7 In | that | bright | eminence; | | and with his | goodj 
 7 Up | braided | none; | | nor was his | service | 
 
 hard. | 
 ] What could be | less | than to af | ford him | praise, j 
 1 The J easiest | recompense, | 7 and | pay him | 
 
 thanks, | 
 How | due! | [ 7 Yet | all his | good | prov'd | ill | 7 in 
 
 | ™e, | 
 7 And | wrought but | malice; | | lifted | up | so [ 
 
 high, | 
 I dis | diin'd sub | jection, | 7 and | thought | one | 
 
 step | higher | 
 7 Would | set me | highest, | | 7 and in a | moment | 
 
EXERCISES. 173 
 
 7 The | debt im | mense J 7 of j endless | gratitude, | 
 
 So | burdensome; [ J still | paying, | | still to | owe,"| 
 
 | 7 For | getful | what from | him \ 7 I j still re | 
 
 ceived, | 
 7 And | under [ stood not ] 7 that a | grateful | mind | 
 1 By | owing, | | owes | not, 1 7 but | still | pays, j 7 at 
 
 | once | 
 7 In | debted | 7 and dis J charg'd; ] | 7 what | burden 
 
 | then? | | | 
 O I had his | powerful | destiny ] 7 or I dain'd j 
 Me | some in | ferior | angel, | [ | I had | stood ] 
 Then [ happy; | j no un | bounded | hope | 7 had j 
 
 rais'd | 
 7 Am | bition. | | | 7 Yet ] why | not? | | | Some | 
 
 other | power ) 
 7 As | great | might have as | pird, | 7 and | me, | 
 
 7 though | mean, | 
 Drawn to his ] part; | | 7 but | other | powers j 7 as J 
 
 great | 
 Fell | not, | J 7 but j stand | 7 un [shaken, | | 7 from 
 
 with | in J 
 Or from with | out, | 7 to | all temp | tations | arm'd. 
 
 I I I 
 7 Hadst | thou j 7 the J same ) free j will, J 7 and j 
 
 power | 7 to | stand? | ] 
 Thou | hadst: | | whom ] hadst thou | then, | 7 or ] 
 
 what | 7 t'ac | cuse, | 
 7 But | Heaven's | free | love | dealt | equally j 7 to J 
 
 all? | | | 
 Be then his | love | 7 ac j cursM, | | since j love or j 
 
 hate, | 
 7 To | me | 7 a | like, | 7 it j deals e | ternal j woe., 
 
 i i i 
 
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174 EXERCISES 
 
 Nay, | curs'd be | thou; | | since against | his | thy | 
 
 will | 
 Chose | freely | | 7 what it | now | 7 so ] justly | rues. 
 
 I I I 
 ^Me | miserable! | | | which | way | 7 shall I | fly, | 
 
 Infinite | wrath, | 7 and | infinite | 7 des | pair? | | | 
 
 Which | way I | fly | 7 is | hell; | | 7 my | self | am | 
 
 hell: | | | 
 
 And in the | lowest | deep | 7 a ( lower | deep | 
 
 Still | threatening to de | vour me, | | opens | wide, [ 
 
 7 To | which the | hell I | suffer | seems a | heaven. 
 
 ! I I 
 
 then at | last | 7 re j lent: | | is there | no. | place | 
 Left for re j pentance, | | none for j pardon J left? 
 
 I II 
 
 None | left | but by sub | mission; | | 7 and | that | 
 
 word | 
 Dis j dain j 7 for | bids me, | | 7 and my | dread of | 
 
 shame | 
 ? A ] mong the | spirits | 7 be | neath, | | whom I se- 
 
 | duc'd | 
 7 With | other | promises | 7 and | other | vaunts | 
 Than to sub | mit. | ( boasting | I could sub | due | 
 7 The | Om | nipotent. | | j Ah! | ml! | they | little j 
 
 know | 
 How [ dearly | 7 T a | bide ]7 that | boast | 7 so | vain, J 
 Under | what | torments [inwardly, | 7 I | groan, | 
 
 1 While j they a | dore me | 7 on the | throne of | 
 
 hell. Ml 
 1 With | diadem | 7 and | sceptre | high ad | vanc'd j 
 1 The | lower | still | 7 i | fall, J | only su | preme | 
 7 In j misery; | | such | joy | 7 am | bition | finds! | 
 1 But | say | 7 I j could re | pent; [ | and could ob | 
 
 tain I 
 
EXERCISES. 175 
 
 7 By | act of | grace | 7 my | former [ state; | 7 how | 
 
 soon | 
 ? Would | height | 7 re | call [ high | thoughts, | 7 how 
 
 | soon | un | say [ 
 1 What j feign'd sub | mission | swore? | | ease | 
 
 7 would re | cant | 
 Vows | made in | pain, | 7 as | violent | 7 and | void: | ) 
 7 For | never j 7 can | true | reconcilement | ^row | 
 Where | wounds of | deadly | hate j 7 have | pierc'd | 
 
 so | deep; | 
 7 \Miich | would but [ lead me | 7 to a | worse re | 
 
 lapse | 
 7 And | heavier | fall: | j | so should I | purchase | 
 
 dear | 
 Short inter | mission | | bought with | double | smart. 
 
 ill 
 
 This ] knows my ( Punisher; | | | therefore | 7 as j 
 
 far | 
 7 From | granting | | Tie, | 7 as j 1 | 7 from | begging | 
 
 peace. | | 
 All [ hope | 7 ex | eluded j thus, 1 7 be. | hold in [stead | 
 7 Of | us | outcast j 7 ex | iled, | 7 his | new de | light) 
 7 Man | kind | 7 ere | ated, | | 7 and for j him | this | 
 
 world. | j 
 7 So | fare | well | hope, | J 7 and with | hope | fare | 
 
 well | fear; j 
 j Fare | well | 7 re | morse! | | all | good | 7 to | me, 
 
 | 1 is | lost; | | | 
 Evil, | 7 be | thou | my | good; | [ 7 by ] thee | 7 at | 
 
 l^ast | 
 S Di | vided | empire | 7 with | Heav'n's j King, j 7 I ( 
 
 hold, i 
 
176" EXERCISES. 
 
 7 By | thee, | 7 and ] more than | half | 7 per | haps, j 
 
 7 will | reign; | 
 ? As | Man | ere | long, | 7 and | this | new | world f 
 
 7 shall | know. ] | | 
 
 GASSIUS INSTIGATING BRUTUS TO JOIN 
 THE CONSPIRACY AGAINST CESAR. 
 
 SIIAKSPEARE. 
 
 Well, | Honour ] 7 is the ) subject | 7 of my | story. 
 
 I I I 
 
 ? I | cannot | tell | 7 what | you | 7 and | other | men j 
 Think of this [ life; | | but for my | single | self; | 
 I | 7 had as | lief | not | be, [ 7 as [ live to | be | 
 7 In | awe of | such a j thing | 7 as | I my | self. | 
 I was | born | free as | Cesar; | | so were | you: | 
 7 We | both have | fed as | well; | | 7 and | we can | 
 
 both | 
 7 En | dure the i winter's | cold, | 7 as [ well as | he,| | 
 7 For | once | 7 upon a | raw and | gusty day, j 
 7 The | troubled | liber | chafing | 7 with his | shores, j 
 Ce*ar | says to me, | j "Dars't. thou, | Cassius, [ now | 
 Leap | in with | me | into this | an^ry | flood. | 
 7 And ) swim to | yonder J point?" | | 7 Up | on the | 
 
 word, | 
 7 Ac | coutred as 1 | was, | 7 I J plunged | in, | 
 7 And | bade ] him j follow: [ j so in j deed he | did.] 
 7 The | torrent | roar'if, | | and we did J buffet it | 
 7 With. | lusty | sinews; | | throwing it a | side, | 
 7 And | stemming it 1 7 with | hearts of ] controversy, j J 
 7 But | ere | 7 we could ar [ rive the [ point pro ] posed | 
 Cesar | cry'd | | "Help me, ] j Cassius, J 7 or 1 J 
 sink." | | J 
 
EXERCISES. 177 
 
 I, j 7 as M \ neas, | 7 our [ great | ancestor, | 
 J Did from the [ tiames of | Troy, | 7 upon his ) shoul- 
 ders | 
 7 The | old An | chises | bear; | | so from the | waves 
 
 of | Tiber, | 
 7 Did | 1 | 7 the | tired ( Cesar; | | 7 and this | man | 
 7 Is | now be ( come a ] God; | j 7 and | Cassius j 7 is | 
 7 A | wretched | creature, | 7 and must | bend his | 
 
 body, | 
 If | Cesar | | carelessly | 7 but ] nod on him. | 
 He had a j fever | when he was in | Spain, | 
 7 And | when the | fit was | on him |,7 1 did | mark | 
 How he did | shake; | ] 7 'tis | true; | 1 this | God | 
 
 7 did | shake; | | 
 7 His | coward | lips | did from their | colour | fly; | 
 ? And [ that same | eye, | 7 whose | bend | 7 doth | awe 
 
 the | world, | 
 7 Did | lose its | lustre; | | 7 I did | hear him | groan: | j 
 Aye, | 7 and that | tongue of his | 7 that | bade the | 
 
 Romans | 
 Mark him, | 7 and | write his | speeches J 7 in their | 
 
 books, | 
 | 7 A | las! | 7 it | cried: ( | "Give me some [ drink, 
 
 | 7 Ti | tinius!" | 
 7 As a | sick | girl. | | 7 Ye | Gods, | 7 it doth a | 
 
 maze me, | 
 7 A | man of | such a | feeble | temper, | 7 should j 
 So | get the | start | 7 of the ma | jestic | world, | 
 7 And | bear the | palm a | lone. | | | 
 Brutus | 7 and | Cesar. | | What | should be in | that 
 
 | Cesar? | ] | 
 Why should | tr.at | name J 7 be f sounded j more than 
 | yours? | | 
 
178 EXERCISES. 
 
 "Write them to | gether; | | jours J 7 is as j fair a j 
 
 name; | | 
 Sound them; | | it cloth be [ come the | mouth as | 
 
 well; | 
 | Weigh them; | | it is as | heavy: | | conjure with 
 
 'em | | 
 Brutus | 7 will | start a [ spirit ] 7 as | soon as | Ce- 
 sar. | [ 
 Now in the | name of | all the | Gods at | once, | | 
 Upon what | meats | 7 doth | this our | Cesar | feed, | 
 That he has | grown so | great? | | Age, | thou art j 
 
 sham'd! | | 
 Rome, | 7 thou hast | lost thj j breed of | noble | 
 
 bloods. | | | 
 When | went there | by an | age, j since the great | 
 
 flood. | 
 But it was | fam'd | 7 with | more | 7 than with | one 
 
 ] man? | | 
 When could | thay | say, [ 7 till | now, | 7 that [ talk'd 
 
 of j Rome, [ 
 1 That her | wide [ walls | 7 en | compass'd | 7 but | 
 
 one | man? | | 
 Oh! | ] you and | I | 7 have | heard our | fathers | 
 
 sa y> i 
 
 There was a j Brutus | once, | ) 7 that would have j 
 
 brook'd | 
 1 The in | fernal | devil, | 7 to J keep [ his j state in | 
 
 Rome | : 
 7 As | easily | 7 as a I king. | | j 
 
( 179 ) 
 
 ON HAPPINESS OF TEMPER, 
 
 GOLDSMITH. 
 
 Writers j *7 of | every | age | 7 have en [ deavoured 
 to | show 1 7 that | pleasure | 7 is in | us, | 7 and | not in 
 the [ objects | | offered | 7 for our a | musement. | | j 
 7 If the | soul be | happily dis | po*ed, | | every thing 
 ] 7 be | comes | capable | 7 of af | fording | 7 enter | 
 tainment; | | 7 and dis | tress | 7 will | almost | want 
 a | name.. | | | Every oc | currence | | passes in re | 
 view | 7 like the | figures | 7 of a pro | cession; | 
 some | 7 may be | awkward, | | others | ill | dres«ed; 
 7 but | none but a [ fool | 7 is for | this, | 7 en | raged 
 with the | master of the | ceremonies. | 
 
 7 1 re | member | 7 to have | once | seen a | -lave, j 
 7 in a | fmtifi | cation | 7 in j Flanders, | 7 who ap | 
 peared | no wav | touched | 7 with his | situ | ahon. 
 | ] 7 He was ( maimed, | 7 d * | formed | 7 and ] 
 chained: | | 7 o | bliged to | toil | / from rhe ap | 
 pearunce of | day | 7 till | nightfall, | | / and c«»o | 
 demued to | this | 7 M | .life; | | yet with | all | 
 these | circumstances | ] of ap | parent | wretchedness?, 
 | / he ] sang, i | would have | danced. | ' but that he 
 | wanted a [ leg, | 7 and ap | peared tht> | merriest, j 
 ] happiest | man | 7 of | all the | garrison. | | | 
 7 What a | practical [ 1 phi | losopher | / was | here, 
 | 7 -a | happy consti | tution | 7 sup | plied phi | 
 losophv; | 7 and though | seemingly | destitute of 
 wisdom, | 7 he was | real I v | wise. | | No | reading 
 | 7 or | study | 7 had con | tributed | 7 to disen | chant 
 | 7 the | fairy | land | 7 a | round him. | | Every 
 
 thing | furnished him | 7 with an | oppor | tunity | 7 of 
 
ISO EXERCISES. 
 
 | mirth, | | 7 and though | some | thought him, ; 
 7 from hi* | insensi | oility, | 1 a [ fool. | 1 he was | 
 such an | ideot | 7 as phi | iosophers | 7 should | wish 
 to | imitate: | | } for | ail phi j losophy | 7 is | only | 
 forcing the | trade of j happiness, | 7 when | Nature | 
 seems to de | ny the | means. | 
 
 They, | 7 who | like our | slaves, | 7 can | place 
 themselves | 7 on | that | side of the | world | 7 in | 
 which | every thing | / ap | pears in a | pleasing | 
 light, | 7 wili | find | something | 7 in j every oc | cur- 
 rence | 7 to ex ] cite their j goon' ] humour. | 
 7 The | most ca | lamitous e | vents, | | either to 
 them | selves | 7 or | others, | 7 can | bring | no | new 
 
 | 7 af | fliction; J | 7 the | whole | vvorld | 7 is to | 
 them, | 7 a | theatre, | 7 on which | comedies | only | 
 7 are | acted. | | All the | bustle of | heroism, | 
 
 7 or the | rants of am j bition, | | serve | only to [ 
 heighten | 7 the ab | suruity | 7 of the | scene | 7 an' j 
 make the \ humor | 7 more i poignant. I ] 7 Thet | 
 feel, | 7 in | short, | 7 as [ little | anguish | 7 at their | 
 own dis J tress, | 7 or the com | plaints of | others. | 
 7 as the | under | taker, | 7 though | dressed in ] black, 
 
 <j feels | sorrow | 7 at a | funeral. | | | 
 
 7 Of | alt the | men | / I | ever | read of. | 7 the | 
 famous | Cardinal de | Retz | 7 pu«, | sessed thi- | 
 happiness of | temper | 7 in the | highest de | gree. 
 
 I | | As he was a | man of | gallantry, | 7 and des | 
 pised | 7 a{l that | wore the p^ | ianfic ap |.p?arance- 
 
 [ 7 of phi | Wsophy, | 7 wher | ever | pleasure | 7 was 
 to be | sold | he wa- | generally | foremost | 7 to | 
 raise the j auction. | | Being a | uni | versa) | 7 ad- 
 
 [ mirer of the | fair | *ex, | | I when he | fou id | me 
 
 f lady | cruel, | 7 he | generally | fell in | love [ 
 
EXERCISES. 181 
 
 ~ with an | other, | 7 from | whom he ex | pected | 7 a 
 more | favourable | 7 re | ception, j | |7 Il'| she, ] 
 too, | 7 re | jected his ad j dresses. | | ] he | never [ 
 thought of re j tiring into | deserts, | 7 or | pining in | 
 hopeless dis | tress; | | he per | suaded himself, | 
 7 that in j stead of | loving the J lady, | 7 he had | only 
 | fancied | 7 that he had } loved her; | | 7 and | so | 
 all was | well again. | j | 
 
 7 When | fortune j wore her | angriest j look, | | 
 7 and he at | last | fell into the j power | 1 of his most | 
 deadly | enemy, | | Cardinal | Maza j rine, [ | (being 
 con | fined a | close } prisoner, | 7 in the | castle of j 
 Vales | demurs,) j 7 he | never at | tempted | 7 to sup J 
 port his dis | tress | 7 by | wisdom | 7 or phi | losophy; 
 j | 7 for he pre | tended to | neither. | | | 7 He | 
 only j laughed j 7 at him | self | 7 and his | persecu- 
 tor: | | 7 arid | seemed | infinitely | pleased | 7 at his 
 | new situ | ation. | | 7 In this | mansion of dis [ 
 
 tress, | | though se | eluded from his | friends, | 
 7 though de | nied | all the a | musements, | 7 and [ 
 even the con | veniences of | life, | 7 he | still re | 
 tained his | good | humour; | | laughed at | all the ] 
 Ifttie j spite of his | enemies: | | ? and | carried the | 
 je^t | s,« | far | as to be re | venged, | 7 by | writing 
 the | life | 7 of his | coaler. | | | 
 All tliat the | wisdom of the | proud | 7 can j teach, 
 | 7 is to be | stubborn, | 7 or | sullen. | 7 under mis j 
 fortunes. | | 7 The | Cardinal's ex | ample | 7 will 
 
 in [ struct us to be | merry, | 7 in | circumstances [ 
 7 of the ] highest af | fiiction. | | 7 It | matters not 
 
 | 7 whether our | good | humor | 7 be [ construed, 
 j 7 '.,y | others, | 7 into | insensi | hility; | 7 or j even 
 | idiotism; | | 7 it is { happiness | 7 to our | selves; | 
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182 EXERCISES. 
 
 | 7 and | none but a j f'oo!, | 7 would | measure his [ 
 satis | faction | 7 by | what the | world j thinks of it. 
 
 i I I 
 
 7 The | happiest | silly | fellow | 7 I | ever | knew,| 
 7. was of the | number of those | good natured | crea- 
 tures | 7 that are | said to do \ no | harm | / to | any 
 bur ih m | selves. | | | 7 When | ever he | fell into | 
 an;> | misery, | | 7 he [ usually | eaHed it | | "seeing 
 
 | life."' | | | 7 If his | head j 7 was | broke by a | 
 chairman, | 7 or his | pocket | picked by a | sharper, | 
 7 he | ci riifnrted himself | , by | imitating { 7 the Hi [ 
 berniafi | dlafect | 7 of the | one, | or the more | 
 Fashionable | cant | 1 of the | other. | | j Nothing | 
 came a | miss to him'. | | 
 
 7- His j ina 5 " | tention to | money matters | 7 had in 
 
 J censeil his j father j 7 to | -uch a de | gree, | 1 that 
 
 j all inter | cession of | friends, j 7 in his | favour, | 
 7 was i fruitless. | [ | 
 
 7 T.k | o!d | gentleman | 7 was on his | death bed. 
 
 [ | | 7 Mm j wl ol | family, | 7 and] Uick | 7 a | 
 BQiihgthe numb: : r, | | gath^reda | round him. | 
 
 7 **I f lea^e mv | second j son j Andrew," | 7 said 
 the ei | pirin ; | m.Uer, | 7 C4 m\ | whole es | taie; | 
 7 and de | sire him | 1 to be | [ru£ab ?? | | | 
 
 Andrew, | 7 m a | sorrowful | tone, | 7 (as is J usual 
 
 | 7 on | ihoseoc | ca'sions,) | | prayed | Heaven j 7 to 
 pro | lunij his | life and ] health | 7 to en | joy it him- 
 
 I mn I I I 
 
 7 "I | reeow [ mend j Simon, p7 my | third | son, 
 [ 7 to the j care of his | ei-'er | brother? | | 7 ami | 
 leave him, j 7 be j side, I four j thousand | pounds/' 
 
 ! i J 
 
EXERCISES. 183 
 
 "Ah! | father," j 7 cried | Simon, | 7 (in | great af | 
 fliction, | 7 to be | sure,) | 7 "may | Heaven | <rive you 
 | life and | health | 7 to en | joy it your | self!" | ], | 
 7 At | last | turning to | poor | Di« k, \ | u as for | 
 you, | you have | always | 7 been a ] sail | dog; | [ 
 you'll | never | come to j good; | | you'll | never be | 
 rich; | | 7 I | ieave | you | 7 a | shilling, j 7 to | buy a 
 j hatter." | | | 
 
 "Ah! | father," | 7 cries | Dick, | 7 without | any 
 e | motion, [ 7 "may | Heaven | give you | life and [ 
 health j 7 to en | joy it your | self!" | | | 
 
 WITHOUT GOD IN THE WORLD. 
 
 REV. ROBERT HALL. 
 
 7 The ex ] elusion | 7ofaSu | preme [ Being, | 7 and 
 of a | superin | tending | providence, | | tends di ] 
 rectly | 7 to the de | struction | 7 of | moral | taste. | 
 
 [ | 7 It | robs the | universe | 7 of | all | finished | 
 7 and con | summate | excellence, [ | even in i | dea. 
 | 7 The | admi | ration of | perfect | wisdom and 
 
 ] goodness | 7 for | which we are | formed, | 7 and 
 which | kindles | 7 such un ] speakable | rapture | 7 in 
 the | soul, | | finding in the | regions of | scepticism 
 
 | nothing | 7 to ] which it coires | ponds, | droops | 
 7 and | languishes. | | 7 In a | world | 7 which pre | 
 sents a | fair | spectacle | 7 of | order and | beauty, | 
 7 of a | vast | family, | | nourished | 7 and sup | port- 
 ed | 7 by an Al | mighty | Parent; | j 7 in a | world, | 
 7 which | leads the de | vout | mind, | step by | step, 
 
 | 7 to the J contem | plation | 7 of the | first | fair j 
 7. and the | first | good, | | 7 the [ sceptic | 7 is en f 
 
184 EXERCISES. 
 
 compassed with | nothing ) 7 but ob [ scurity, j ( 
 meanness. | 7 and dis | order. | [ | 
 
 When we re j Sect on the | manner J 7 in | which "the 
 i | dea of | Deify [7 is | formed. | | 7 We | must be 
 con-f vinced. | 7 that j such an i | dea, | intimately | 
 present to the [ mind. | must | have a most [ powerful 
 ef [ feet | 7 in re | fining the | moral | taste". | 
 7 Com | posed of the | richest | elements, | 7 it em | 
 braces, | 7 in the j character | 7 of a be | neficent [ 
 Parent, | 7 and A! | mighty [ Ruler. | 7 what | ever is 
 
 | venerable j 7 in | wisdom, j | 7 what | ever is | aw- 
 ful | 7 rri an | thori-. y, | ( 7 what | ever is | touching | 
 7 in | goutiness. | | 
 
 Human | excellence | 7 is | blended with | many [ 
 irriper ] fect-ims, | 7 and | seen under | many limi | ta- 
 thnis. | [ f It Is be | held | only in de | tached and | 
 separate | portions. \ / nor | ever ap | pears | 7 in | any 
 
 | one | character, | | whole and en | tire. | | So 
 
 that, | when, | 7 in imi | fat ion of the | stoics, | 7 we | 
 wish to | form | 7 out or j these | fragments, | 7 the | 
 notion | 7 of a | perfectly | wise and [ good | man, | 
 7 we | know it is a | mere | fiction | 7 of the j mind, | 
 7 with | out any | real | being | 7 in | whom | 7itisem- 
 
 | ed ] 7 ami ) realized. | j | 7. In the | be | lief of 
 
 a | Deity, | | these con | ceptums | 7 are re | duced to 
 re | aiityj | | 7 the | scattered | rays | 7 of an i [ deal j 
 excellence j 7 are con | centrated, [ | 7 and be | com- 
 eth | real [ attributes j 7 of | that | Being, | 7 with [ 
 whom | 7 we | stand in the | nearest re | lation, | 7 who 
 
 | sits su | preme j 7 at the | head of the | universe, | 
 7 is | armed with | infinite | power, | 7 and per | vades 
 
 [ all | nature | 7 with his | presence. | 
 7 The | efficacy of | these | sentiments | 7 in pro j 
 
EXERCISES, 185 
 
 ducing | 7 and aug | meriting [ 7 a | virtuous | taste, ) 
 7 will in | deed | 7 be pro | portioned | 7 to the | vivid- 
 ness | 7 with I which they are | formed, | 7 and the j 
 frequency | 7 with | which they re | cur; | ' [ 7 yet | 
 some | benefit | 7 will not [ fail to re | suit from them, 
 
 | | even in their | lowest de | gree. | | | 
 7 The i | dea | 7 of the Su | preme | Being | 7 has | 
 this pe | culiar | property; | | 7 that | as it ad | mits 
 of | no | substitute, | so, | 7 from the | first | moment 
 7 it is im | pressed, | 7 it is | capable | 7 of con | tinuai 
 growth | 7 and en | largement. | | God | 7 him | self 
 
 | 7 is im | mutable: [ | 7 but | our con | ception | 7 of 
 his | character | 7 is con | tinually | 7 re | ceiving j 
 fresh ac | cessions; | | 7 is con | tinually | growing [ 
 more ex | tended and re | fulgent, | 7 by | having 
 trans | ferred upon it | new per | ceptions, | 7 off 
 beauty, | 7 and | goodness; | | 7 by at [ tracting to it | 
 self, | 7 as a j centre, | 7 what | ever | bears the { im- 
 press of | dignity, | order, | 7 or | happiness. | | J 7 It 
 
 | borrows [splendour, | 1 from | all that is | fair, | 
 7 sub | ordinates | 7 to it | seif | all that is | great, | 
 7 and | sits en | throned, [ 7 on the | riches of the \? 
 universe. | | J 
 
 ANTONY'S ORATION OVER CESAR'S BODYo 
 
 SHAKSPEARE. 
 
 Friends, | | Romans, | | countrymen! | [Lend me 
 
 your | ears; | | | 
 7 I | come | 7 to ) bury j Cesar, | j not to | praise 
 
 I.U.,| ||. 
 7 The | evir | 7 that | men | do, | lives | after them; ] | 
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186 EXERCISES. 
 
 7 The | good [ 7 is | oft in | terred | 7 with their | 
 
 bones: | 
 So let it | be | 7 with j Cesar! | | | Noble | Brutus [ 
 7 Hath | tolvl you, | | Cesar | 7 was am | bitious. | 
 7 If.it | were so. | it was a | grievous | fault; | 
 7 And [ grievously | 7 hath | Cesar | ansvver'd it. | 
 Here, | under [ leave of | Brutus, | 7 and the | rest, j 
 7 (For | Brutus | ] is an | honourable | man, | 
 So are they | all, | al! | honourable | men,) | | 
 Come I | 7 to j speak | 7 at | Cesar's | funeral. [ | [ 
 He was my | friend, | | faithful | 7 and | just to | 
 
 me: | | 
 7 But | Brutus | says | he was am | bitious; | 
 | 7 And | Brutus | 7 is an | honourable | man. | 
 He hath j brought | many | captives | home to] Rome, f 
 7 Whose | ransoms | 7 did the | general L coffers [ 
 
 fill: | II 
 7 Did | this | 7 in J Cesar | seen, am | bitious? | 
 When that the (poor have | cried, j | Cesar hath | 
 
 wept; [I! 
 7 Am | bition | 7 should be | made of | sterner | stuffi 
 
 I j i 
 
 7 Yet [ Brutus | says | 7 he | was am | bitious; | 
 | 7 And | Brutus | 7 is an | honourable | man. | 
 7 You | all did | see, | 7 that, | on the | Lupercal, | 
 7 I I" thrice pre | sented him | 7 a f kingly | crown; [ 
 j Which he did | thrice | 7 re | fuse. | | 1 Was | this 
 
 | 7 am | bition? | | | 
 7 Yet | Brutus | says, | he was am | bitious; | 
 7 And | sure, he | is | 7 an | honourable | man? | 
 1 1 | speak | not | 7 to dis | prove | 7 what | Brutus | 
 
 spoke, | 
 i But 1 here | i am to | speak | what I do | know. | | \ 
 
EXERCISES. 1.87 
 
 1 % You | all did | love him | once; | | not without [ 
 cause: | | 
 
 "What | cause with | holds you | then, | 7 to ] mourn 
 for him? | . . '• 
 
 O | judgment! | \ 1 Thou art | fled to | brutish j 
 beasts, | | 
 
 7 And | men ] 7 have | lost their | reason! ] | Bear 
 
 with me: | 
 | 7 My | heart | is in the | coffin [ there j 7 with j Ce- 
 sar; | 
 | 7 And I must j pause | 7 till it [ come I back to me. 
 
 I I i 
 
 7 But | yesterday, | 7 the | word of | Cesar | might | 
 7 Have | stood a | gainst the | world! | | now j lies he 
 j there, | 
 | 7 And | none | 7 so | poor | 7 to j do him j reverence, 
 
 I I i 
 
 | masters! | | If I were dis [posed to | stir | 
 
 7 Your | hearts and | mimls | 7 to | mutiny and | rage,j 
 
 1 should | do | Brutus | wrong, | 7 and [ Cassius | [ 
 
 wrong; | 
 | Who, | 7 you | all | know, ] 7 are [ honourable | 
 
 men. | | | 
 7 I | will not | do [them | wrong. | | | 7 I | rather | 
 
 choose | 
 7 To | wrong the | dead, J 7 to J wrong my | self | 7 and 
 
 Than I will | wrong | such | honourable | men. | 
 k 7 But | here's a | parchment | 7 with the | seal of | Ce- 
 sar; | 
 7 [ | found it | 7 in his ] closet; | | | 7 >Tis his | will: 
 
 I I I 
 Let but the | commons [ hear | 7 this ] testament, | j 
 
188 EXERCISES. 
 
 7 (Which, | pardon me, [ 7 I | do not | mean to | 
 
 read,) | 
 | And they would J go | 7 and | kiss | dead | Cesar's 
 | wounds, | 
 7 And | dip their | napkins [7 in his ] sacred | blood; | 
 | Yea | beg a j hair of him | 7 for | memory, | 
 7 And | dying. | | mention it | 7 within their | wills, | 
 
 | 7 Be | queatfting it | 7 as a | rich | legacy, | 
 Unto their | issue. | | 
 
 If you have j tears, | 7 pre | pare to | shed them 1 
 now. | 
 7 You | all do | know | this | mantle: | | I re | mem- 
 ber | 
 7 The | first | time [ ever | Cesar | put it | on; | | 
 'Twas on a | summer's | e veiling- | 7 in his | tent; | 
 That | day J 7 he | over | came the | Nervii: | 
 Look! | 7 in | this [ place | ran | Cassius' | dagger | 
 
 through! | | | 
 See what a [ rent | 7 the | envious | Casca | made; | 1 1 
 Through | this | 7 the | well be | loved | Brutus | 
 
 siabbed, | 
 | And as he j pluck'd his | cursed | steel a | way, | 
 | Mark | 7 how the | blood of [ Cesar | follovv'd it! 1 1| 
 This | 7 was the | most un | kindest | cut of | all! | 
 
 | 7 For | when the | Hobfe | Cesar | saw | him | stab, ] 
 7 In [ gratitude | 7 more | strong than | traitor's | 
 
 arms, | 
 Quite | vauquish'd him: | | then ] burst his | mighty | 
 
 heart; | | 
 And in his | mantle, | | muffling up his | face, | 
 Ev?n at th{ j | base of | Pompey'* | statue, | 
 j 7 (Which | all the | while |. ran | blood,) | | great j 
 Cesar J fell. | | | 
 
EXERCISES. 189 
 
 what a | fall | 7 was | there, | 7 my | countrymen. 1 
 
 I I I 
 Then | J, | 7 and | you, | 7 and | all of us, | fell ] 
 
 down, | 
 
 1 Whilst | bloo !y | treason | flourish M | over us. [ [ [ 
 0! | now you J weep: j | 7 and I per | ceive, | 7 you [ 
 
 feel, | 
 7 The | dint of j pity; | | these | 7 are | gracious j 
 
 drops. | j | 
 Kind | souls, | | wliat | weep you, | ] when you but 
 
 be | hold | 
 7 Our | Cesar's | vesture | wounded? j | Look you 
 
 | here! | | | 
 Here is hira ] self, j j marr'd j 7 as you | see, | 7 by | 
 traitors. | | | 
 Good j friends, | sweet | friends, | | let me not [ 
 stir you | up | 
 7 To | such a | sudden | flood of | mutiny. | 
 | They that have | done J this | deed, | 7 are (ho- 
 nourable: | ] 
 | What | private | griefs | 7 they | have, | 7 a | las! j 
 
 7 I | know not, | 
 7 That | made them | do it; | ■ [ they are | wise, ] 7 and 
 
 | honourable, | 
 7 And will, | no | doubt, | 7 with | reason | answer 
 
 you.] | | 
 7 I | come not, | friends, | 7 to | steal away I 7 your | 
 
 hearts; j | ") ' 
 I am | no | orator, | 7 as | Brutus | is; | 
 | But as you | know me | all, | 7 a | plain | blunt | 
 
 ro an, [ 
 7 That | love my | friend, | | 7 and ] that | they j 
 know | full I well I 
 
190- EXERCISES. 
 
 3 That | gave me | puolic | leave | 7 to { speak of hina.. 
 
 ii i 
 
 7 For I have | neither | wit, | 7 nor | words, | 7 nor | 
 
 worth, | | 
 Action, | 7 nor | utterance, | 7 nor | power of | speech,) 
 7 To | stir | men's | blood. | | 7 1 J only | speak | right 
 
 |6m,| | 
 7 I | tell you | that j 7 which | you your | selves | 7 do 
 
 | know; | 
 | Show you | sweet [ Cesar's [ wounds, | ] poor, | 
 
 poor, | dumb | mouths, | 
 7 And | bid | them | speak | for me. | [ | But were | 
 
 i [ Brutus, | 
 7 And | Brutus | Antony, | | there were an | Antony] 
 7 Would | ruffle | up yout | spirits, j | 7 and | put a | 
 
 tongue | 
 7 In | every | wound of | Cesar, | 7 that should | move) 
 7 The | stones of | Rome | 7 to [ rise in | mutiny. | | j 
 
 GREECE. 
 
 BYRON, 
 
 He who hath | bent him j o'er the | dead j 
 Ere the | first | day of | death \ 7 is | sled, j 
 7 The | first dark | day of J nothingness, | 
 7 The | last of | danger | 7 and dis | tress, | | 
 7 Be | fore De | cay's | 7 el [ facing | fingers | 
 7 Have | swept the | lines | 1 where | beauty | lingers,\ 
 7 And | inark'd the | mild j 1 atv ] gelic | air, j 
 7 3 he | rapture | 7 of re | pose | 7 that's | there, | 
 | 7 The | fix'd, j 7 yet | tender | traits | 7 that [ streak 
 7 The | langour j 7 of trie j placid | cheek, j | 
 
EXERCISES. 191 
 
 ,1 And | but for J- that | sad ] shrouded | eve, | 
 
 7 That | fires not, | | wins not, | j weeps not, | 
 
 no w , | | 
 7 And | bur for | that j chill | changeless | brow, j 
 7 Where | cold ob | »i ruction's | apathy | 
 7 Ap | pass the | gazing | mourner's | heart, | | 
 As if to | hiifi ] 7 it could iiu | part. | 
 7 The | doom he | dreads, | 7 jet j dwells upon; | | 
 Y:es: | but tor | these | 7 and | these a | 'one, | 
 | Some | moments, | | aye, | one | treacherous \ 
 
 hour, [ 
 7 He | stir! might | doubt | 7 the | tyrant's | power; | 
 
 ] 7-,So J (an, | / so ( calm | 7 so | s^ftlv j seal'd, | 
 7 The | Srst, | test | look, j 7 by | death | / re | veal'd 
 
 I f I 
 Such is the | aspect | 7 of | this | shore; | | 
 
 7 'Tis | Greece, | | 7 but | living j Greece | 7 no | 
 
 more! | j | 
 
 So | coldly ] sweet, | 7 so | deadly | fair, | 
 
 7 We | start, | | 7 for | soul | 7 is | wanting | there. 
 
 I I i 
 
 Her's | 7 is the | loveliness in [ death, | 
 
 7 That j parts not j quite j 7 withr] parting j breath; | 
 
 | ? But | beauty., j 7 with thai | fearful | bloom, | 
 7 That | hue j 7 which j haunts it | 7 to the | tomb, | 
 
 | 7 Ex | pr< ssion's j last re j ceding j ray, 
 7 A | gilded j halo j | hovering | round de | cay, | 
 7 The j farewell | beam of | Feeling, | | past a | way! 
 
 I i 
 
 Spark of that | flame, j 7 per j chance of ] heavenly { 
 
 birh, j 
 7 Which | gleams, j 7 but | warms no | more { 7 its f 
 
 cherisiiM j earth! j j j 
 
( 192 ) 
 THE OLD CHEESE; 
 
 OR, THE HUSBAND ONLY FIT TO BE RULED. 
 DR, KING. 
 
 Young | Slouch the | Farmer, | had a ] jolly | wife, j 
 1 i hat | knew | ail the co.j | veniences of | liff | 
 7 Whose ] diligence | land | cleanliness j 7 sup | piled] 
 7 The | wit, | 7 which | Nature | 7 had to | him j 7 cie | 
 
 nied: | 
 | 7 But | then | she had a | tongue, | 7 that | would be 
 | heard, | 
 7 And | make a | better ] man | 7 than | Slouch, | 7 a 
 
 feard.| | | 
 7 This | made cen | sorious | persons J 7 of the 
 
 town | 
 Say | Slouch j 7 could | hardly | call his | soul his 
 
 own; | | 
 For if he | went a | broad too | much, | 7 she'd j use 
 7 To | give him | slippers, | 7 and | lock up his 
 
 shoes. | | j 
 Talking he | lov'd, | 7 and [ ne'er was | more af | flict- 
 
 ed, | 
 1 Than | when he was dis [ turb'd | 7 or | contra J diet- 
 
 m\ 
 
 7 Yet | stili | 7 irjto his | story [ 7 she would | break | 
 7 With j u 'Tis | not | so, \ ] Fray | give j me | leave 
 
 to | speak." | | | 
 1 His | friends | thought | this | was a ty | rannick | 
 
 rule,) | 
 Not | differing | much ] 7 from | calling him a | fool; j 
 Told him | he must ex J ert himself, | 7 and | be, | 
 7 In \ fact, J 7 the | master | 7 of his | family. ] ) J 
 
EXERCISES. 193 
 
 7 He | said, | 7 "That the | next | Tuesday | noon 
 | 7 would | show | 
 Whether he | were | 7 the ] lord at | home, J 7 or | 
 
 no, ( | 
 When their good | company | he would en | treat, | 
 7 To | well-brew'd | ale, | 7 and J clean, | 7 if | homely 
 | meat." | | | 
 
 7 With | aching | heart, | | home to his | wife [ 7 he 
 I g°es, I 
 j And on his | knees | 7 does his | rash ] act | 7 dis j 
 
 close; | 
 1 And | prays dear | Sukey, | 7 that | one ] day, | 7 at 
 
 | least | 
 \ He might ap | pear, | 7 as | master of the | feast. 
 
 I I I 
 
 "I'll' | grant your | wish, 5 ' | 7 cries ] Sue, | 7 "that 
 you may | see | 
 7 'Twere | wisdom j 7 to be | govern'd | still by | me." 
 
 I i l 
 
 7 The ( guests, | 7 upon the | day ap | pointed, [ ] 
 
 came; | 
 7 Each ] bowsy j farmer, | 7 with his | simpering [ 
 
 dame. | | 
 "Ro, | Sue!" j 7 cried | Slouch, | | "why dost thou | 
 
 not ap | pear? | 
 7 Are | these thy | manners, | 7 when | Aunt | Snap ] 
 
 7 is | here?" | | | • 
 7 "I | pardon | ask," | 7 says | Sue; | 7 "I'd | not of} 
 
 fend | 
 Any, | 7 my | dear in | vites; | | much less | 7 his j 
 
 friend." | | | 
 
 \7 
 
194 EXERCISES. 
 
 Slouch, I 7 by his | kinsman | Grufty, | 7 had bees 
 | taught | 
 " To | enter | tain his | friends | 7 with | finding [ 
 
 fault, | | 
 3 And | make the | main in j gredient | 7 of his j treat; 
 1 His | saying, I 7 "there was | nothing j fit to | eat: [ 
 7 The | boil'd pork | stinks, | 7 the j roast j beef's | 
 
 not e ] nQogh; | 
 7 The | bacon's | rusty, | 7 and the | hens j 7 are J 
 
 tough; | | 
 7 The veal's | all | rags; | 7 the | butter's | turn'd to | 
 
 oil; | 
 7 And | thus I | buy | good | meat | 7 for | sluts to j 
 
 spoil. | ] | 
 
 'Tis [ we are the ] first | Slouches | ever | sat | 
 Down to a | pudding | 7 with | out | plums or | fat:[ [ 
 7 What | teeth or | stomach's | strong e | nough to | 
 
 feed | 
 7 Upon a | goose | 7 my | grannum | kept to | breed? 
 
 I I i 
 
 Why must | old | pigeons, | 7 and | they | stale, | 7 be 
 
 | drest | 
 | When there's so | many | squab ones \ 7 in the | 
 
 nest? | | | 
 7 This | beer | 7 is | sour, | [ this | musty, j thick, | 
 
 7 and | stale, | 
 7 And [ worse than J any thing, | 7 ex | cept the | ale." 
 
 Sue, [ all this | while, | many ex | cuses | made; j 
 Some things | 7 she | own'd; | ? at ] other times, | 
 7 she 1 laid 1 
 
EXERCISES. 195 
 
 ? The j fautt on ] chance; | | 7 but | oftener, j 7 on the 
 i maid. [ || 
 
 Then | cheese was j brought; | 7 says | Slouch, | "This 
 | e'en shall | roll: ] 
 * I'm- j sure | 7 'tis | hard e ] nough | 7 to | make a j 
 
 bowl. | | j 
 This is | skimnvd | milk; | 7 and | therefore | it shall 
 
 1 go: | j 
 1 And J this, | 7 be J cause 'tis j Suffolk, ] | follow | 
 too." | | | 
 
 7 But | now | Sue's | patience | 7 did be | gin to \ 
 waste; | 
 1 Nor | longer | 7 could dis | simu j lation | last. | | j 
 "Pray let | me | rise." | 7 says | she, | 7 "my | dear; 
 
 | | I'll j find | 
 1 A | cheese, | 7 per | haps, | 7 may | be to | lovy's | 
 
 mind!" | 
 J Then in an | entry | | standing j close; J 7 where j 
 
 he | 
 1 A | lone, | 7 and | none of j all his | friends, | 7 might 
 
 i see ; I 
 
 7 And | brandishing | 7 a | cudgel | 7 he had J felt, j 
 7 And | far enough, | 7 on J this oc | casion | smelt; | 
 "I'll | try, | 7 my | joy!" j 7 she | cried^, | 7 "if I can | 
 
 please | 
 1 My | dearest, | 7 with a J taste of his | Old Cheese!" 
 
 I I I 
 
 Slouch, | [ turning J round, | saw his | wife's | vi- 
 gorous hand [ 
 j Wielding her | oaken | saplin | 7 of com ,| mand. 
 
 II ! 
 
196' EXERCISES. 
 
 He [ knew the [twang. | [ | '-Is'tthe | Old | Cheese, 
 
 | 7 my | dear! | 
 No [ need, | no | need | 7 of J Cheese," | 7 cries | 
 
 Slouch, | 7 "I'll | swear: | 
 f 7 1 | think I've | din'd as | well | 7 as my | Lord | 
 Mayor." | | | 
 
 HYDER ALL 
 
 EXTRACT FROM A SPEECH OF MR. BURKE. 
 
 7 When at | length | Hyder | Ali | found, | 7 that 
 he | had to | do with | men, | 7 who | either would | 
 sign | no con | vention. | 7 or whom | no | treaty, | 
 7 and | no | signature | 7 could | bind; | 7 and | who 
 were the de | teimined | enemies | 7 of | human | in- 
 tercourse ] 7 it | self, | 7 he de | creed | 7 to | make 
 the | country | 7 pos | sessed by these in | corrigible, | 
 7 and pre | destinated | criminals, | 7 a | memorable 
 ex | ample | 7 to man | kind. | | | 7 He re | solved, | 
 7 in the | gloomy re | cesses of a | mind | 7 ca | pacious 
 of | such { things: | 7 to | leave the | whole Car (natic, 
 1 an ever | lasting [ monument of | vengeance; | 7 and 
 to | put per | petual | 7 deso | lation, | 7 as a | barrier,! 
 ? be | tween | him, | 7 and | those, | 7 a | gainst | 
 whom, | 7 the | faith which | holds the | moral | ele- 
 ments | 7 of the | world | 7 to | gether, | 7 was | no 
 pro | tection. | | | 7 He be | came | 7 at | length | so 
 
 ] confident | 7 of his | force and | so col | lected [ 
 7 in his ! might, | 7 that he | made | no | secret | 7 what- 
 
 | ever, | of his | dreadful | reso | lution. | | Hav- 
 
 ing | terminated | 7 his dis | putes | 7 with | every | 
 enemy, | 7 and | every | rival, | 7 who | buried their j 
 mutual j 7 ani | mosities 9 j 7 in their | common j in- 
 
EXERCISES. 197 
 
 terest, ] 1 a j gainst the | creditors of the j Nabob of | 
 Arcot; | | 7 he | drew from | every | quarter, | 7 what- 
 
 j ever a | savage fe | rocity | 7 could | add | ? to his 
 
 | new j rudiments j 7 in the [ art of de [ struction; ) 
 
 | 7 and com | pounding | all the ma ] terials of | 
 fury, | | havoc, | 7 and | deso | lation r | 7 into J one 
 
 j black | cloud; | 7 he | hung for a | while | 7 on the 
 de | clivities of the | mountains. | | | Whilst the | 
 authors of | all | these | evils, | 7 were | idly and | 
 stupidly | gazing | 7 on this | menacing | meteor, | 
 7 which | blackened [ all the ho | rizon, | 7 it | sudden- 
 ly | burst, | 7 and | poured | down the | whole of its 
 con | tents, | 7 upon the | plains | 7 of the Car | natic 
 
 | | ] Then en j sued a | scene of | wo,* | 7 the | like 
 of |. which | no | eye had | seen, | 7 nor | heart con ( 
 ceived, | 7 and which j no | tongue | 7 can | adequate* 
 ly | tell. | | | All the j horrors of, | war | 7 be | fore 
 
 | known or | heard of, | 7 were [ mercy, | 7 to that | 
 new j havoc. | j 7 A. j storm of | uni | versal | fire 
 
 | blasted | every | field, | 7 con | sumed | every | 
 house, j 7 and de \ stroyed j every j temple. | 
 7 The | miserable in ] habitants, ) ] flying from their 
 
 | flaming | villages, j | 7 in | part, j 7 were ) slaugh- 
 tered, j | others, j 7 with | out re | gard to | sex, j 
 1 to | age, | 7 to | rank, | 7 or j sacredness of | func- 
 tions, | \ fathers | torn from | children, | | iiusbands ? 
 
 j 7 from | wives, | | 7 en | veloped in a | whirlwind of 
 
 j cavalry, | 7 and a | midst the | goading | spears of j 
 drivers, | 7 and the ] trampling | 7 of pur | suing | 
 horses, | 7 were [ swept, into cap | tivlty, | 7 in an un j 
 known | 7 and | hostile | land. | | | Those who were 
 
 | able to e | vade this | tempest, | | fled to tin* j 
 walled | cities. | | | 7 But e& | capmg from | tire J 
 17* 
 
193 EXERCISES. 
 
 sword, | 7 and | exile, | 7 they | fell into the | jaws of 
 | famine. | | 
 
 7 For | eigh | teen | months | 7 with | out inter | 
 mission, | | this de | structiun | raged | 7 from the | 
 gates of Ma | dras | 7 to th« j | gates of I an | jure, | 
 7 and | so com | pletely, | 7 did these | masters in 
 their | art, j Hyder | Aii | 7 and his | more fe | rocious 
 | son, | 7 ab | solve themselves | 7 of their | impious 
 | vow, | 7 that | when the | British | armies | travers- 
 ed, | 7 as they \ di !, | 7 the Car | natic, | / for | hun- 
 dreds of [ miles | 7 in | all di | rections; | | through the 
 | whole j line of their [ march, | 7 they | did not | see 
 [ one | man, | | 7 not j one | woman, | | 7 not | one j 
 child, | | 7 not | j>ne | four footed J beast, | 7 of | any 
 des | cription [7 what] ever. | | } One | dead | uniform 
 I silence | | reigned | 7 over the | whole | region. | 
 
 YOUNG'S NIGHT THOUGHTS. 
 
 Tir'd I Nature's | sweet re | storer, | | balmy | 
 
 Sleep! j| 
 He, | | like the | world, [ 7 his | ready | visit | pays] 
 ? Where | Fortune | smiles; | | 7 the | wretched, | 7 he 
 
 for | sakes; | 
 | Swift on his [ downy | pinion | flies from |. wo, | 
 7 And | lights on | lids | uu | sullied with a j tear.] | ] 
 
 • 7 From | short, | | 7 (as | usual,) | 7 and dis | turb'd 
 
 re | pose, | 
 71 | wake: | | 7 how | happy | they, ] 7 who | wake no 
 
 | more! | | 
 Yet | that were | vain, | 7 if | dreams [ 7 in | festthe [ 
 
 grave. | j | 
 
EXERCISES. 199 
 
 1 1 | wake, | 7 e | merging from a | sea of J dreams | 
 7 Tu | multuous; | | where my | wrecked | 7 des I 
 
 ponding | thought | 
 7 From | wave to | wave | 7 of | fancy 'd | misery, | 
 7 At | random | drove, | | 7 her | helm of | reason | 
 
 lost. I I I 
 Tho' | now re | stored, | 7 'tis | only | change of | 
 
 pain: |- | 
 7 (A ] bitter | change!) | 7 se | verer, | 7 for se | vere. 
 
 i I i 
 
 1 The | day | too | short | 7 for my dis | tress; | 7 and 
 I night, I 
 | Even in the j zenith | 7 of her | dark do | main, [ 
 7 Is | sunshine, [ 7 to the | colour | 7 of my ] fate. | | J 
 
 Night, | sable ] goddess! |7 from her | ebon ] throne, j 
 7 In | rayless | majesty, | now | stretches | forth | 
 7 Her | leaden | scepfre | 7 o'er a | slumbering | world. 
 
 I i l 
 
 Silence, | | how | dead: | | 7 and | darkness, | ) how 
 
 pro | found! | 
 7 Nor | eye, | 7 nor | listening | ear, ] 7 an | object | 
 
 finds; | | | 
 7 Cre | ation | sleeps, j | 'Tis as the | general j 
 
 pulse | 
 7 Of | life | stood | still, | 7 and j Nature | made a | 
 
 pause; | 
 7 An | awful | pause! | | 7 pro | phetic | 7 of her | 
 
 end. | | | 
 And let her | prophecy | 7 be | soon ( 7 ful | fill'd; | 
 j Fate! | | drop the | curtain; j | I | 7 can | k>se no | 
 
 more. | 
 
 Silence, | 7 and | Darkness! | | solemn | sisters! | j 
 twins I 
 
200 EXERCISES. 
 
 7 From | ancient | Night, | | 7 who | nurse the | ten- 
 der | thought | 
 1 To [ Reason, | 7 and on | Reason | build Re | solve, 
 7 (That | column of | true | majesty | 7 in | man) [ 
 7 As | sist me; 1 1 1 will | thank you | 7 in the | grave; ( 
 7 The | grave, | 7 your | kingdom; | | there | this | 
 
 frame | 7 shall | fall | 
 7 A | victim | sacred, | 7 to your | dreary | shrine. | 
 
 MARY. 
 
 COWPER. 
 
 7 The j twentieth j year | 7 is | well nigh ) past, j 
 7 Since | first | 7 our | sky was | over | cast, | 
 [ Ah | would | 7 that | this | might be the | last, | 
 
 7 My | Mary. | | | 
 7 Thy [ spirits ] 7 have a | fainter | flow, | | 
 7 1 | see thee | | daily | | weaker | grow, | 
 7 Twas | my dis ] tress | 7 that | brought thee | low, ] 
 
 7 My | Mary. | | | 
 
 7 Thy | needles, | | once a j shining | store, | 
 7 For | my | sake | restless | hereto | fore, | 
 Now | rust dis | us'd, | 7 and | shine no | more, | 
 
 7 My | Mary. | | | 
 
 7 But | well thou j play'd'st the | housewife's | part, | 
 
 7 And | all thy | tb reads | 7 with | magic | art, j 
 
 7 Have [ wound themselves | 7 a [ round | this | heart, 
 
 7My|Alarj.| | | 
 7 Thy | indis j tinct ex | pressions | | seem, | 
 7 Like | language j utter'd in a | dream, | 
 1 Yet | me they | charm, | 7 what | e'er the j theme, | 
 
 7 My | Mary. J | | 
 
EXERCISES. 201 
 
 ? Thy | silver | locks | once | auburn [bright; | 
 7 Are | still | 7 more | lovely in j my | sight; j 
 7 Than j golden | beams | 7 of | orient | light, | 
 
 7 My | Mary. | J | 
 
 For could I | see, | 7 nor | them, | nor | thee, | 
 7 What j sight | 7 worth | seeing | could I | see? | 
 | 7 The | sun | 7 would | rise in | vain | 7 tor | me, | 
 
 7 My | Mary. | | \ 
 
 7 Par | takers of thy | sad de | cline, | 
 
 7 Thy | hands | 7 their | little | force | 7 re | sign, | [ 
 
 Yet | gently | press'd, | press | genii y | mine, | 
 
 7 My | Mary. | | | 
 
 7-.Such | feebleness of | limbs thou | shew'st, | 
 7 That | now at | every | step, | 7 thou | mov'st | 
 7 Up | held by | two, j 7 yet | still thou | lov'st, j 
 
 7 My | Mary. | [ | 
 
 7 And | still to | love, | 7 though | prest with | ill, | 
 7 In | wintry | age, | 7 to j feel no j chill, | 
 7 With | me | | is to be | lovely | still, | 
 
 7 M v | Mary. | | | 
 
 7 But ) ah! | 7 by [ constant | heed I | know, | 
 7 How | oft | 7 the | sadness | 7 that I | shew, | 
 7 Trans | forms thy j smiles | 7 to J looks of | wo, | 
 
 7 My | Mary. | | | 
 
 7 And | should my | future j lot [ 7 be | cast | 
 7 With | much re | semblance of the | past, | 
 ? Thy | worn | out | heart j 7 will | break | 7 at | last, | 
 
 7 My j Mary. | | ] 
 
( 202 } 
 DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE 
 
 IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776. 
 
 When, | 7 in the | course of | human e | vents, j 7 it 
 be | comes [ necessary, | 7 for | one | people] 7 todis | 
 solve the po | litical | bands | which have con | nected 
 them | 7 with an | other, | | 7 and to as | sume | 7 a | 
 mong the | powers of the | earth, | 7 the | separate | 
 
 | 7 and j equal | station, | 7 to J which the | laws of | 
 Nature | 7 and of Nature's | God | 7 en | title them, | 
 1 a j decent res | pect to the o | pinions of man | kind, 
 
 | 7 re | quires, | 7 that they should de | clare the | 
 causes | 7 which im | pel them | 7 to the | sepa | ra- 
 tion.| | | 
 
 7 We | hold | these | truths | 7 to be | self | evident; 
 | 7 that | all men | 7 are ere ] ated | equal; \ | 7 that 
 
 | they are en | clowed | 7 by their Cre | ator | 7 with | 
 certain [ un | alienable | rights; | | 7 that a | mong | 
 these, | 7 are | life, | liberty, | 7 and the pur | suit of j 
 happiness | | | That to se | cure | these | rights, | 
 governments are | instituted | 7 among | men, | 7 de | 
 riving their | just | powers | 7 from the con | sent of the 
 
 | governed; | | 7 that when ] ever | any ) form of | 
 government | 7 be | comes de | structive of j these j 
 ends, | 7 it is the | right of the | people | 7 to | alter | 
 } or to a [ bolish it, | 7 and to | institute | new | govern- 
 ment, J | laying its foun | dation | 7 on | such [ prin- 
 ciples, | 7 and | organizing its | powers | 7 in | such | 
 form, | 7 as to | them | 7 shall | seem | most | likely j 
 7 to ef ) feet their | safety | 7 and | happiness. | 
 prudence, J 7 in J deed, j 7 will | dictate, | 7 that j go- 
 
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 vera men ts j long es | tabiished, ] 7 should I not be j 
 changed | 7 for | light, | 7 and | transient, | causes; | | 
 1 and ac | cordingly | all ex | perience hath | shown 9 
 
 | 7 that man | kind | 7 are | more dis | posed to ] suf- 
 fer, j 7 while j evils are | sufferable, j 7 than to | right 
 themselves, | 7 by a | bolishing the ] forms | 7 to J which 
 they are ac | customed ) | | But when a | long | 
 train of a | buses | 7 and | usur | patiohs, |7 pur | suing 
 
 | 7 in | variably | 7 the | same j object, | 7 e | vinces a 
 de | sign j 7 to re | Juce theuj j under | absolute | 
 despotism, | | 7 it h tfeir | right, [Tit is their | duty, 
 
 |. 7 to | throw j off | such j government, | j 7 and to 
 pro | vide | new | guards | 7 for their | future se | cu- 
 rity. | | Such | 7 has beeii the | patient j sufferance \ 
 7 of | these | colonies; | | 7 and | such is | now | "I the 
 ne | cessity | 7 which con | strains them | 7 to j alter 
 their | former | system? of | government. | | | 1 The 
 
 | history | / of the | present | kin^ of Greai j Bntain 
 
 | 7 is a | history | 1 of re | pealed J injuries | 7 and | 
 usur | nations, | | all | having in di | red | ^oject.. J 
 7 the es | tablishinent | 7 of an | absolute | tyranny ( 
 over | these | states, j | | 7 To j prove j this, j 7 let j 
 facts be sub | mitted | 7 to a | candid ] world. | | | 
 
 7 He has re | fusecl his as | sent to | saw.-. | 7 the 
 most | wholesome and | necessary | 7 fei the | public J 
 good. | | | 7 He has for | bidden his | governor^ | ] to 
 I. pass | laws | / of lm | mediate, | / ami ( pressing im- 
 [portance, | 7 un | less sus | pended in their | ope j ra- 
 tion, | 7 till ] his as | sent | 7 should be oh ] tained; j | 
 7 and | when | so sus | pended, | 7 he has | utterly neg- 
 lected | 7 to at | tend to them. | | | 7 He has re (fused 
 -to j pass | other | laws, | ? for the ac j commo j dation 
 
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 of | large | districts of | people, | 7 un | less | those j 
 people | 7 would re | linquish the | rieht of | represen | 
 tation | 7 in the | Legislature, | 7 a | right j 7 in | esti- 
 mable | 7 to | them, | 7 and | formidable | 7 to ] tyrants 
 
 | only. | | | 7 He has | called to | gether | legislative 
 
 | bodies, | 7 at [places | 7 un | usual, [ 7 un | comfort- 
 able, | 7 and | distant | 7 firofn the de | pository | 7 of 
 their | public | records, | 7 for the | sole | purpose | 
 7 of fa | ti^uins them | into com | pliance | 7 with his 
 
 | measures. | | 7 He has dis i solved | Repre | sen-, 
 tative | Houses | 7 re | peatedly, | 7 for op j posing, | 
 7 with | manly | firmness | 7 his in | vasions | 7 on the 
 
 | rights of the | people. | | j 7 He has re | fused | 
 7 for a | long | time | after | such J disso | lutions, | 
 7 to | cause | others | 7 to be e | lecfed; | | 7 where J 
 by | 7 thi | legislative ] j30uers, J 7 in J capabh of an { 
 nihi | lation, | 7 have re | turned to the | people at | 
 large, | 7 lor | their | exercise; | | 7 the | state | 7 re- 
 ) maining | 7 in the | mean | time, | /-ex j posed to | all 
 the | dangers of in | vasion | I from with | out. | 7 and 
 con | visions | 7 with | in. | | 1 7 He has en | deatotired 
 
 [ 7. to pre | vent the | popula ion of | these | states; 
 | ] for | 5 hat | purpose | / ob | structmg the | laws 
 for | naturaii | zation of | foreigners: | [ 7 re | -using 
 to | pass | others, | / to en | courage | 7 their mi | gra- 
 tions | hither, | 7 and | raising the. coo ] ditions | 7 of [ 
 new ap | propri | atkms of | lands. | | 7 He has ob- 
 
 | structed the | ad | minis | tration of j justice, | j by 
 re | fusing his as | *ent to | taws, | 7 for es | raolishing 
 
 | 7 ju | diciary | powers. | | / He lu& | made | 
 
 judges de | pendent on | his | will a | lone, | 7 for the 
 
 j tenure of their | offices, | / and the a | mount ] 
 
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 / and j payment | 7 of their | salaries. | [ 7 He has 
 € | rected a | multitude of | new | offices, | 7 and j 
 sent | hither | swarms of [ officers. | 7 to | harass our j 
 people, | 7 and | eat out their | substance. [ | | 7 He 
 has | kept a | mong us, | 7 in ] times of | peace, j 
 standing | armies, | 7 with | out the con | sent of our 
 
 | legislatures. [ | ] 7 He has af | fected to | render 
 the | military | inde j pendent | of, 7 | 7 and su | perior 
 
 | to, 7 | 7 the | civil | power. | | 7 He has com | 
 
 bined with j others, | 7 to sub | ject us to a | juris | 
 diction | | foreign to our | Consti | tution, | 7 and J 
 unac | knowledged by our | laws; | | giving his as [ 
 sent to their | acts of pre | tended | legis ] lation. j 
 
 | j 7 For j quartering | large | bodies of | armed | 
 troops, | 7 a | mong us. | | | 7 For pro | tecting them, 
 
 | 7 by a | mock | trial, | 7 from ] punishment ] 7 for any 
 
 | murders | which | they should com | mit | 7 on the 
 in | habitants of | these States, | | 7 For | cutting j 
 off our | trade | 7 with | all | parts of the | world: [ 
 | 7 For im | posing | taxes on us J 7 with | out our 
 con | sent: J | | 7 For de j priving us, | -7 in | many | 
 cases, | 7 of the | benefits of | trial by | jury, j | 
 7 For trans | porting us | 7 be | yond j seas, | 7 to be [ 
 tried | 7 for pre j tended of | fences. | | 7 For a | 
 bolishing the | free | system of ] English | laws | 7 in a 
 
 | neighbouring | province, j 7 es | tablishing | therein) 
 7 an | arbitrary | government, | 7 and en j larging its | 
 boundaries, | | so as to | render it | 7 at | once | 7 an 
 ex | ample | 7 and | fit | instrument, | 7 for intro j 
 ducing the | same | absolute | rule ] 7 into | these | co- 
 lonies: | | J 7 For | taking away J 7 our ) charters, J 
 1 a | bolishing | / our most | valuable | laws, | 7 and j 
 altering | fuuda J mentally | 1 the | forms of our j go- 
 J8 
 
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 vernvnents: | | 7 For sus | pending our | own | legis- 
 latures, | 7 and de | daring them | selves | 7 in | vested 
 with | power, | 7 to | legislate. | for us, j 7 in | all | 
 cases | whatso | ever. | | | 7 He has | abdicated go- 
 vernment | here. | by (ie | claring us | out of his pro | 
 tection, | 7 and | waging | war | 7 a | gainst us. | | 
 
 7 He has | plundered our | seas, | ravaged our | 
 coasts, | burnt our | towns, | 1 and de ! stroyed the | 
 lives of our | people. | | 7 He is at [ this | time, | 
 7 trans | porting | large | armies of | foreign | merce- 
 naries | 7 to com | plete the | works of | death, | 
 7 deso | lation | 7 and | tyranny, [7 al | ready be | gun, 
 | 7 with | circumstances of | cruelty | 7 and | perfidy, 
 | scarcely | paralleled, | 7 in the | most | barbarous | 
 ages, | 7 and | totally un | vvorthy | 7 the | head of a | 
 civilized | nation. | | 7 He has con | strained our | 
 fellow ] citizens, | taken | captive | 7 on the | high | 
 seas, | 7 to ] bear | arms a | gainst their | country, | 
 7 to be | come the | exe ] cutioners | 7 of their | friends 
 and | brethren, | 7 or to | fall them | selves 1 7 by their | 
 hands. | | 7 He has ex | cited do | mestie | insur | 
 
 rections a | mongst us. | 7 and has en | deavoured to | 
 Bring | 7 on the in | habitants of our | frontiers, | 7 the 
 | merciless | Indian | savages, | 7 whose | known | 
 rule of | warfare, | 7 is an | undis | tinguished de | 
 struction, | 7 of j all | ages, j sexes, | 7 and con | 
 ditions. | 
 
 7 In | every | stage | 7 of these op | pressions, ] we 
 have pe | titioned for re | dress, | 7 in the most | hum- 
 ble | terms. | | 7 Our re | peated | / pe | titions | 7 have 
 been | answered | only by re | peated | injury. | 
 7 A | prince | 7 whose | character is | thus | marked, 
 [^ by | every | act which may de | fine a | tyrant, | 
 
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 1 is un | fit | 7 to be | ruler | 7 of a | free | people. 
 
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 Nor have we been | wanting | 7 in at. | tentions | 
 
 7 to our | British | brethren. | | ] 7 We have | warn- 
 ed them, | 7 from | time to | time, | 7 of at | tempts | 
 7 by their | legislature, | 7 to ex | tend an un | war- 
 rantable | juris | diction | over us. | | 7 We have 
 re | minded them | 7 of the | circumstances [ 7 of our 
 | emi | gration | 7 and | settlement | here. | 
 7 We have ap | pealed to the'r | native | justice | 7 and 
 | magna | nimity, | 7 and | we have con | jured them 
 | by the | ties of our | common | kindred, [ 7 to | disa- 
 | vow | these | u*ur | pations, | | which would in | 
 evitably | inter | rupt our con | nections | and |corres- 
 | pondence. | | | They, | too, | 7 have been [ deaf | 
 7 to the | voice of | justice | 7 and | consan | guinity. 
 | j | We must | therefore | acqui | esce in the ne | 
 cessity, | 7 which de | nounces our | sepa | ration, | 
 7 and | hold | them, [ 7 as we | hold the | rest of man 
 [kind, | enemies in | war; | 7 in [ peace, | friends.) | J 
 We, | therefore, | 7 the | Repre | sentatives | 7 of 
 the U | nited | States of A | merica, | 7 in | General | 
 Congress | 7 as | sembled, | 7 ap | pealing; [ 7 to the 
 Su | preme J Judge of the | world, | 7 for the | recti- 
 tude | 7 of our in | tentions, | Do, | 7 in the | name | 
 and by the au | thority| ] of the | goo (People of j these 
 ! Colonies, | | solemnly | publish | 7 and de | clarej, | 
 7 that | these U | nited (Colonies ] are, | 7 and of | right 
 | ought to be, | free | 7 and | inde | pendent | states; j 
 | that | they are ab | solved | 7 from | ali a! | legiance 
 7 to the | British | crown, | 7 and that | all po | litical 
 con | nection, | 7 be | tween | them | 7 and the | state 
 of j Great | Britain, | is, | 7 and | ought to be, ( totally 
 
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 Jis | solved; | | 7 and | that as | free | 7 and | inde | 
 pendent | state?, | 1 liey have | full | power | 7 to | 
 levy | war, | 7 con | elude | peace, { 7 con | tract al | 
 liances, | 7 es | tablish | commerce, | 7 and to | do | 
 all | other | acts | 7 and | things, | 7 which | inde | 
 pendent | states | may of | right | do. | | | And for 
 the sup | port of | this ) decla | ration, | 7 with a | 
 firm re | liance | on the pro | tection | 7 of Di | vine 
 | Providence, | 7 we | mutually | pledge to each | 
 other, | 7 our | lives, | 7 our | fortunes, j 7 and our | 
 s&cred ( honour. Ml 
 
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