LESSON XXIX. THE first part of each verse, or that portion read by the First Voice, should be expressed in a slow and despondent tone of voice: the second part, or that read by the Second Voice, should be expressed in a more sprightly and heerful manner. THE DOUBTING HEART. ADELAIDE A. PROCTER FIRST VOICE. 1. Where are the swallows fled ? Frozen and dead, Perchance, upon some bleak and stormy shore. SECOND VOICE. O doubting heart! Far over purple seas, They wait, in sunny ease, The balmy southern breeze, To bring them to their northern homes once more. FIRST VOICE. 2. Why must the flowers die? In the cold tomb, heedless of tears or rain, SECOND VOICE. O doubting heart! They only sleep below The soft, white, ermine snow, While winter winds shall blow, To breathe and smile upon you soon again. FIRST VOICE. 3. The sun has hid its rays Will dreary hours never leave the earth? SECOND VOICE. O doubting heart! The stormy clouds on high That soon, (for Spring is nigh,) FIRST VOICE. 4. Fair Hope is dead, and light What sound can break the silence of despair? SECOND VOICE. O doubting heart! The sky is overcast, Yet stars shall rise at last, LESSON XXX. DECK' ED, dressed; arrayed. ing one after another. UN FAIL' ING, Constant; continually. CRISP' ER, more brittle. 7. Storms are trailing, Winds are wailing, Howling, railing, At each door. 'Midst this trailing Howling, railing, List the wailing Of the poor! QUESTIONS.-1. What is the first sign of the coming of winter? 2. What, the second? 3. What, the third? 4. What are some of the pleasures of winter? 5 What is said of the poor in winter? 6. What is the use of the apostrophes in the words autumn's, o'er, pleasure's, 'midst, &c. ? 1. TIRED of play'! tired of play'! How hast thou spent it', restless one'? 2. Playing'? But what hast thou done beside, What promise of morn is left unbroken? 3. There will come an eve to a longer day', Well were it then, if thine aching brow 4. If thine open hand hath relieved distress', Hath pled with thy human heart unheard',- It will bring relief to thine aching brow, QUESTIONS.-1. What had the child been doing? 2. What questions did he mother ask? 3. What did she tell the child would come? 4. What is neant by eve to a longer day, third verse? 5. What, by quiet sleep, same verse? 6. What ought we to do in life, in order to have a joyful and peaceful death? 7. What rule for the rising inflection on restless one, first verse? See page 32, Note I. 8. What rule for the falling inflection on playing, second verse? See page 29, Rule II. 9. What rule for the rising inflec tions in the fourth verse? Rule V., page 31. |