LESSON XXV.

EN TIC' E$, allures; leads astray.
PRE TEXT, pretense; false reason.
PRO FANE', pollute; defile.
TEMP TA' TION, allurement.
IN' LY, within; in the heart.
DE CLARES, says; asserts.
CHAFE, vex; provoke.

MAL' ICE, hatred; malevolence.

AV'A RICE, excessive love of money.

FORE GO', give up; renounce.
MAM' MON, god of wealth; riches.
IN DIG' NANT, with anger; disdain-
LU' CRE, gain; profit. [fully.
EM PRISE', enterprise; undertaking.
SURE TY, security.

OVER THROW', subvert; destroy.
CON TEMPT, Scorn; disdain.
SOR' CER ESS, enchantress.

EX PEL', (EX, out; PEL, to drive,) drive out; banish.

RE $IST', (RE, again; SIST, to stand,) stand again; hence, to withstand. See SANDERS and MCELLIGOTT's Analysis, page 90, Ex. 113; also, page 110, Ex. 142.

WHEN SHALL I ANSWER NO?

J. N. MCELLIGOTT.

1. WHEN FALSEHOOD fair entices thee

Against the truth to go,

No matter what the pretext be,

Be thy firm answer,—No!

2. When RASHNESS would thy tongue profane
With language vile and low,

O, make the gross temptation vain,
By answering inly,—No!

3. When PRIDE the silly wish declares,
That thou should'st fashion know,
And lifts thy head with empty airs,
Be wise, and answer,-No!

4. When ENVY would thy spirit chafe,
That others prosper so,

On calm contentment resting safe,
Expel her with a-No!

5. When MALICE foul, or deadly HATE,
Would turn thee on a foe,

And dark, revengeful thirst create,
In horror answer,—No!

6. When sluggish SLEEP, with folded arms,
Would make thee health forego,

(") Rise up at once, resist her charms;
Act out the answer,--No!

7. When AVARICE would, with heartless speed,
Shut out the sight of woe,

And whisper joy from Mammon's greed,
Indignant answer,—No!

.8. When filthy LUCRE lifts her hand,
Ungodly gains to show,

Though she should promise all the land,
Be thy prompt answer,-No!

9. When greedy GAIN, or rash EMPRISE,
Would have thee surety go,

Keep Wisdom's words before thine eyes,
And firmly answer,-No!

10. When mad AMBITION would seduce,
The right to overthrow,
And turn the selfish passions loose,
In mercy answer,-No!

11. When foul CONTEMPT of Holy Writ
Would in thy bosom sow

The wish to be where scorners sit,f
Let Conscience answer, -No!

*Prov., 11th Chap., 15th verse.

1st Psalm, 1st verse.

12. When SIN, indeed, whate er her style,
Would have thee with her go,

Stay not to hear the Sorceress vile,
But leave her with a-No!

PE RUSE', read; study.

AL LOT' TED, assigned.

LESSON XXVI.

ME RID' I AN, noon; mid-day.
GEN' U INE, true; real.

ART' FUL, cunning; crafty. [feited.
MIM' ICK ED, pretended; counter-
PRE $IDE', have sway or rule.
DE MER IT, ill-desert; defect.

RU' BY, precious stone.
PUP PET, little image.

DE TER' MINE, decide; find out.
ER' MINE, fine fur-(of the ermine.)
CAP' TOR, one who takes a prize.
SCEP TER$, emblems of authority.
CHARY, careful; wary.

MYS' TIC, secret; mysterious.

We have seldom seen any thing so full of wit, truth, and practical wisdom, as this poem inscribed

TO MASTERS ROBERT AND JOHN.

1. TAKE this book, my boys,

Earnestly peruse it;

Much of after lies

In the way ye use it:
Keep it neat and clean;

For, remember, in it,
Every stain that's seen,

Marks a thoughtless minute.

2. Life is like a book,

Time is like a printer,

Darting now his look

Where has gloomed no winter.

DAVIS.

Thus he'll look, and on,

Till each page allotted,

Robert, thee and John,

Printed be or blotted.

3. Youth's a sunny beam,
Dancing o'er a river,

With a flashing gleam,
Then away forever.
Use it while ye may,

Not in childish mourning,

Not in childish play,

But in useful learning.

4. As your years attain

Life's meridian brightness,
Hourly seek and gain
Genuine politeness :
This lives not in forms,
As too many teach us,-
Not in open arms,

Not in silken speeches,

5. Not in haughty eye,

Not in artful dealing,

Not within the sigh

Of a mimicked feeling:
But its lights preside

Rich in nature's splendor,
Over honest pride,

Gentleness and candor.

6. Slight ye not the soul
For the frame's demerit;
Oft a shattered bowl

Holds a mighty spirit:
Never search a breast

By thy ruby's glances;
Pomp's a puppet guest,
Danced by circumstances.

7. What is good and great,

Sense can soon determine;
Prize it though ye meet,
Or in rags or ermine.
Fortune's truly blind;

Fools may be her captors;
But the wealth of mind
Stands above their scepters.

8. Value not the lips

Swiftest kept in motion;
Fleetly-sailing ships

Draw no depth of ocean:
Snatch the chary gleam,
From the cautious knowing;
For the deepest stream
Scarcely lisps 'tis flowing.

9. Cull from bad and good Every seeming flower,

Store it up as food

For some hungry hour: