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These verses should be read in a firm, half-indignant, yet imploring tone of voice,-except the last verse, which should be expressed in a very decided and impassioned manner.

THE DRUNKARD'S DAUGHTER.*

1. Go, feel what I have felt,

Go, bear what I have borne;
Sink 'neath a blow a father dealt,
And the cold, proud world's scorn;
Thus struggle on from year to year,
Thy sole relief,—the scalding tear.

2. Go, weep as I have wept,

O'er a loved father's fall,

See every cherished promise swept,--
Youth's sweetness turned to gall;
Hope's faded flowers strewed all the way
That led me up to woman's day.

3. Go, kneel as I have knelt;
Implore, beseech, and pray,
Strive the besotted heart to melt,

The downward course to stay;
Be cast with bitter curse aside,—
Thy prayers burlesqued, thy tears defied.

4. Go, stand where I have stood,

And see the strong man bow;

With gnashing teeth, lips bathed in blood,
And cold and livid brow;

Go, catch his wandering glance, and see
There mirrored, his soul's misery.

* These beautiful and touching verses were written by a young lady, in reply to a friend who had called her a monomaniac on the subject of temperance

5. Go, hear what I have heard,
The sobs of sad despair,

As memory's feeling fount hath stirred,
And its revealings there

Have told him what he might have been,
Had he the drunkard's fate foreseen.

6. Go to my mother's side,

And her crushed spirit cheer;
Thine own deep anguish hide,

Wipe from her cheek the tear;

Mark her dimmed eye,-her furrowed brow,
The gray that streaks her dark hair now;
Her toil-worn frame, her trembling limb,
And trace the ruin back to him
Whose plighted faith, in early youth,
Promised eternal love and truth;
But who, forsworn, hath yielded up
That promise to the deadly cup,
And led her down from love and light,
From all that made her pathway bright,
And chained her there 'mid want and strife,
That lowly thing,-a drunkard's wife!
And stamped on childhood's brow so mild,
That withering blight, a drunkard's child!

7. Go, hear, and see, and feel, and know,

All that my soul hath felt and known,
Then look upon the wine cup's glow;
See if its brightness can atone;

Think if its flavor you will try,

If all proclaimed, "Tis drink and die!"

8. Tell me I hate the bowl;

Hate is a feeble word:

(f) I loathe, ABHOR,—my very soul
With strong disgust is stirred,
Whene'er I see, or hear, or tell,

Of the DARK BEVERAGE OF HELL!!

QUESTIONS.-1. By whom was this poetry written? 2. What circum stance induced her to write it? 3. What is the meaning of monomaniac? Ans. One who is deranged in a single faculty of the mind, or with regard to a particular subject, the other faculties being in regular exercise. 4. What reasons does she assign for her hatred of alcoholic drink? 5. What does she say of her mother? 6. With what tone of voice should the last verse be read? See page 40, Rule 4. 7. Why are some words and sentences printed in Italics and Capitals? See page 22, Note III.

LESSON XLII.

RECORD$, accounts; minutes.
AD VENT' URE$, doings; strange oc-
EN CUM' BER, load; clog. [currences.
GRAT I FI CA'TION, indulgence.
SCHEME, plan; progress. [eration.
DE LIB ER A'TION, thought; consid-
LUX U' RI OUS, pleasure-loving.
EX PE DI" TION, tour; enterprise.

MO ROSE', sour; ill-humored.
RE VOLT ING, disgusting; abhorrent.
CON TEM PLATE, consider; think
REL' IC, remains.
[upon.

IN VES' TI GATE, examine; look into.
AC COM' PLISH ED, effected.

PIC TUR ESQUE, (pikt yur esk',) grand;
beautiful; picture-like.

THE TWO YOUNG TRAVELERS.

MERRY'S MUSEUM.

1. HORACE and Herman, two young men who were friends, set out to travel in distant countries. Before they departed, each had formed a plan of proceeding. Horace determined to give himself up entirely to pleasure,-to go wherever his humor might dictate,—and to keep no records

of his adventures. In short, he resolved to enjoy himself as much as possible, and, by no means, to encumber his mind with cares, duties, or troubles of any kind.

2. Herman was as fond of amusement as Horace; but the mode he adopted for the gratification of his wishes, was quite different. In the first place, he made out a scheme of his travels he procured maps, read books, and, after mature deliberation, adopted a certain route, as most likely to afford him pleasure as well as instruction.

3. In the formation of this plan, he spent several weeks; and, in this occupation, he found quite as much satisfaction as he afterwards did in traveling. Thus he obtained one great advantage over his idle and luxurious friend, who foolishly thought that the essence of enjoyment lay in freedom from thought, restraint, and toil. Even before they set out on their journey, Herman had actually found nearly as much pleasure as Horace received in the whole course of his expedition.

4. The two young men started together; and, as there were then no canals or railroads, they both set out on foot. They had not proceeded far before they separated,-Horace taking one road and Herman another.

5. After the lapse of three years, they both returned; but what a difference between them! Horace was morose and dissatisfied; he had seen a good deal of the world, but, as he had traveled with no other design than to gratify himself from hour to hour, he had soon exhausted the cup of pleasure, and fourd nothing at the bottom but the bitter dregs of discontent.

6. He pursued pleasure, till, at last, he found the pursuit to be distasteful and revolting. He grew tired even of amusement. He indulged his tastes, humors, and passions, until indulgence itself was disgusting. When he returned

to his friends, he had laid up nothing in his memory, by the relation of which he could amuse them; he had kept no record of things he had seen; he brought back no store of pleasing and useful recollections for himself, or others. Such was the result of three years' travel for pleasure.

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7. It was quite otherwise with Herman. Adhering to his plans, he visited a great many places, and, recorded in his journal what he had seen. met with an interesting object, he stopped to contemplate it. If it was some aged relic, famous in history, he took pains to investigate its story, and to write it down. If it was an object of interest to the eye, he made a sketch of it in a book which he kept for that purpose.

8. In this way, Herman accomplished three good objects. In the first place, by taking pleasure in a moderate way, and mixing with it a little toil and industry, he prevented that cloying surfeit which, at last, sickened and disgusted Horace.

9. In the second place, he greatly increased his enjoyments by the plan he adopted. Merely executing a plan is agreeable, and a source of great pleasure. It is natural to derive happiness from following out a design, — from seeing, hour by hour, day by day, how results come about, in conformity to our intentions.

10. But this was not the only advantage which Herman received from his system. The very toil he bestowed; the investigations he made; the pleasant thoughts and curious knowledge that were unfolded to his mind; the excitement he found in his exertions; the pleasure he took in drawing picturesque scenes; all constituted a rich harvest of pleasure, which was wholly denied to Horace.

11. Thus it was that labor and industry, exerted in carrying out a plan, afforded the young traveler a vast deal of

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