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; 2. Go, weep as I have wept, O'er a loved father's fall, See every cherished promise swept,- 3. Go, kneel as I have knelt; The downward course to stay; 4. Go, stand where I have stood, And see the strong man bow; With gnashing teeth, lips bathed in blood, 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,— As memory's feeling fount hath stirred, Have told him what he might have been, 6. Go to my mother's side, And her crushed spirit cheer; Wipe from her cheek the tear; Mark her dimmed eye,―her furrowed brow, 7. Go, hear, and see, and feel, and know, 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 Of the DARK BEVERAGE OF HELL!! QUESTIONS.—1. By whom was this poetry written? 2. What circumstance 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. 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. each day, he Whenever he 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 |