12. When SIN, indeed, whate'er her style, Stay not to hear the Sorceress vile, PE RUSE', read; study. AL LOT TED, assigned. LESSON XXVI. ME RID' I AN, noon; mid-day. RU' BY, precious stone. PUP' PET, little image. DE TER' MINE, decide; find out. 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, 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, With a flashing gleam, 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, 5. Not in haughty eye, Not in artful dealing, Not within the sigh Of a mimicked feeling: Rich in nature's splendor, Over honest pride, Gentleness and candor. 6. Slight ye not the soul Holds a mighty spirit: By thy ruby's glances; 7. What is good and great, Sense can soon determine; Fools may be her captors; 8. Value not the lips Swiftest kept in motion; Draw no depth of ocean: 9. Cull from bad and good Every seeming flower, Store it up as food For some hungry hour: Press its every leaf, And remember, Johnny, May have drops of honey. 10. Pomp and power alone Never make a blessing; By one wretch distressing. For the blood-earned penny, Than be rich, and have 11. Think, my gentle boys, Sees but vice below it. 12. Robert, thoughts like these, Store you more than money; For being truly simple. QUESTIONS.-1. What did the writer tell Robert and John to do with the book, given them? 2. What use did he tell them to make of Youth? LESSON XXVII. AV A RI" CIOUS, greedy after gain. AS SI DU I TY, untiring diligence. LN DER MINE', dig under. IM AG' IN ED, conceived. WHANG, THE MILLER. GOLDSMITH. 1. WHANG, the miller, was naturally avaricious; nobody loved money better than he, or more respected those that had it. When people would talk of a rich man in company, Whang would say, "I know him very well; he and I have been very long acquainted; he and I are intimate." 2. But, if a poor man was mentioned, he had not the least knowledge of the man; he might be very well, for aught he knew; but he was not fond of making many acquaintances, and loved to choose his company. 3. Whang, however, with all his eagerness for riches, was poor. He had nothing but the profits of his mill to support him; but, though these were small, they were certain: while it stood and went, he was sure of eating; and his frugality was such, that he, every day, laid some money by; which he would, at intervals, count and contemplate with much satisfaction. 4. Yet still acquisitions were not equal to his desires; he only found himself above want; whereas he desired to be possessed of affluence. One day, as he was indulging these wishes, he was informed that a neighbor of his had found a |