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They find the red cup-moss where they climb,
And they chase the bee o'er the scented thyme;
And the rocks where the heath-flower blooms they know,
Lady, kind lady! oh, let me go!

LADY.

Content thee, boy, in my bower to dwell;
Here are sweet sounds which thou lovest well,-

Flutes on the air in the stilly noon,

Harps which the wandering breezes tune,
And the silvery wood-note of many a bird
Whose voice was ne'er in thy mountains heard.

ΒΟΥ.

My mother sings, at the twilight's fall,

song

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of the hills, far more sweet than all;
She sings it under our own green tree,
To the babe half-slumbering on her knee;
I dreamed, last night, of that music low-
Lady, kind lady! oh, let me go!

LADY.

(pl.) Thy mother hath gone from her cares to rest;
She hath taken the babe on her quiet breast;
Thou wouldst meet her footstep, my boy, no more,
Nor hear her song at the cabin-door :

Come thou with me to the vineyards nigh,
And we'll pluck the grapes of the richest dye.

BOY.

Is my mother gone from her home away'?—
But I know that my brothers are there at play;

I know they are gathering the fox-glove's bell,

Or the long fern leaves by the sparkling well;

Or they launch their boats where the bright streams flow, Lady, kind lady! oh, let me go!

LADY.

Fair child, thy brothers are wanderers now,
They sport no more on the mountain's brow;
They have left the fern by the spring's green side,
And the streams where the fairy barks were tried:
Be thou at peace in thy brighter lot,

For thy cabin-home is a lonely spot.

BOY.

Are they gone, all gone from the sunny hill'?
But the bird and the blue fly rove o'er it still,
And the red deer bound in their gladness free,
And the heath is bent by the singing bee,

And the waters leap, and the fresh winds blow,

Lady, kind lady! oh, let me go!

QUESTIONS.-1. What kind of words are straw-roofed, heath-flower, woodnote, &c.? 2. What is the use of the apostrophes in the words o'er, ne'er, swilight's, &c.?

LESSON

AP PÂR' ENT LY, evidently.
CEN' TU RY, hundred years.
GI GAN' TIC, very large.
SPECIES, sort; kind.
DI MEN' SION, size; bulk.
SUB LIME', grand; magnificent. [ance.
UN MO LEST ED, free from disturb-
DIS PERS' ED, separated; scattered.

XVIII.

CLAM' OR OUS, noisy; importunate.
IN DE CIS' ION, doubt; irresolution.
POIS ED, balanced.

AT MOS PHÈRE, surrounding air.
TAL' ON$, claws.

DIS TRI BU' TION, division.
Ec' STA SY, excessive joy; transport.
PER' SE CUT ED, harassed; injured.

THE OLD EAGLE TREE.

REV. JOHN TODD.

1. In a remote field stood a large tulip tree, apparently of a century's growth, and one of the most gigantic of that splendid species. It looked like the father of the surrounding forest. A single tree, of huge dimensions, standing all alone, is a sublime object.

2. On the top of this tree, an old eagle, commonly called the " Fishing Eagle," had built her nest every year, for many years, and, unmolested, raised her young. What is remarkable, as she procured her food from the ocean, this tree stood full ten miles from the sea-shore. It had long been known as the "Old Eagle tree."

3. On a warm, sunny day, the workmen were hoeing corn in an adjoining field. At a certain hour of the day, the old eagle was known to set off for the sea-side, to gather food for her young. As she this day returned with a large fish in her claws, the workmen surrounded the tree, and, by yelling, and hooting, and throwing stones, so scared the poor bird that she dropped her fish, and they carried it off in triumph.

4. The men soon dispersed; but Joseph sat down under a bush near by, to watch, and to bestow unavailing pity. The bird soon returned to her nest without food. The eaglets at once set up a cry for food, so shrill, so clear, and so clamorous, that the boy was greatly moved.

5. The parent bird seemed to try to soothe them; bu their appetites were too keen, and it was all in vain. She then perched herself on a limb near them, and looked down into the nest with a look that seemed to say, "I know not what to do next.'

6. Her indecision was but momentary; again she poised herself, uttered one or two sharp notes, as if telling them to

"lie still," balanced her body, spread her wings, and was away again for the sea!

7. Joseph was determined to see the result. His His eye followed her till she grew small, smaller, a mere speck in the sky, and then disappeared. What boy has not often watched the flight of the bird of his country in this way?

8. She was gone nearly two hours, about double her usual time for a voyage, when she again returned, on a slow, weary wing, flying uncommonly low, in order to have a heavier atmosphere to sustain her, with another fish in her talons.

9. On nearing the field, she made a circuit arcund it, to see if her enemies were again there. Finding the coast clear, she once more reached her tree, drooping, faint, and weary, and evidently nearly exhausted. Again the eaglets set up their cry, which was soon hushed by the distribution of a dinner, such as-save the cooking a king might admire.

10. "GLORIOUS BIRD!" cried the boy in ecstasy, and aloud; "what a spirit! Other birds can fly swifter, others can sing more sweetly, others can scream more loudly; but what other bird, when persecuted and robbed-when weary -when discouraged-when so far from sea, - would have done this!

11. 66 GLORIOUS BIRD! I will learn a lesson from thee to-day. I will never forget hereafter, that when the spirit is determined, it can do almost any thing. Others would have drooped and hung the head, and mourned over the cruelty of man, and sighed over the wants of the nestlings; but thou, by at once recovering the loss, hast forgotten all.

12. “I will learn of thee, noble bird! I will remember this. I will set my mark high. I will try to do something, and to be something in the world; I will never yield to discouragements."

QUESTIONS.-1. How far was this Old Eagle tree from the sea-shore? 2. In what way did the workmen obtain the fish she brought for her young? 3. What is said of the eaglets and the parent bird, when she returned to the nest? 4. What did she then do? 5. What did Joseph say when she returned with another fish?

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ELIHU BURRITT.

It can not

1. KNOWLEDGE can not be stolen from you. be bought or sold. You may be poor, and the sheriff come into your house, and sell your furniture at auction, or drive away your cow, or take your lamb, and leave you homeless and penniless; but he can not lay the law's hand upon the jewelry of your mind. This can not be taken for debt; neither can you give it away, though you give enough of it to fill a million minds.

2. I will tell you what such giving is like. Suppose, now, that there were no sun nor stars in the heavens, nor any thing that shone in the black brow of night; and suppose that a lighted lamp were put into your hand, which should burn wasteless and clear amid all the tempests that should brood upon this lower world.

3. Suppose, next, that there were a thousand millions of

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