2. "Cold is thy brow, my son, and I am chill,
As to my bosom I have tried to press thee.
How was I wont to feel my pulses thrill,

Like a rich harpstring, yearning to caress thee,
And hear thy sweet "my father" from these dumb
And cold lips, Absalom!

3. "The

grave hath won thee. I shall hear the gush
Of music, and the voices of the young:
And life will pass me in the mantling blush,
And the dark tresses to the soft winds flung,
But thou no more, with thy sweet voice, shalt come
To meet me, Absalom!

4. "And, oh! when I am stricken, and my heart,
Like a bruised reed, is waiting to be broken,
How will its love for thee, as I depart,

+ Yearn for thine ear to drink its last deep token!
It were so sweet, amid death's gathering gloom,
To see thee, Absalom!

5. "And now, farewell! 'Tis hard to give the up,
With death, so like a gentle slumber, on thee:
And thy dark sin! Oh! I could drink the cup,

If from this woe its bitterness had won thee.
May God have called thee, like a wanderer, home,
My erring Absalom!"

He covered up his face, and bowed himself
A moment on his child: then, giving him
A look of melting tenderness, he clasped
His hand convulsively, as if in prayer,
And, as a strength were given him of God,
He rose up calmly, and composed the pall
Firmly and decently, and left him there,
As if his rest had been a breathing sleep.

WILLIS.

QUESTIONS.- What had Absalom done to wring the heart of his father? What was the manner of his death? Specify some of the poetic beauties of this piece.

LESSON XXXIII.

REMARK. Let every pupil notice, as each one reads, when the final consonant of any word is joined to the vowel of the next word.

ARTICURATE distinctly.- Whole of, not who lof: and indeed, not an dindeed: eminent orators, not eminen torators: talents in, not talen tsin: celebrated in peace and war, not celebraty din pea san dwar.

2. Ad-vent'-ur-ers, n. those who attempt | 3. Sig'-nal-i-zed, v. made remarkable. difficult enterprises. De-tach'-ment, n. a party sent off Sum'-ma-ry, a. short, brief. from the main body.

SPEECH OF LOGAN, CHIEF OF THE MINGOES.

1. I MAY + challenge the whole of the orations of Demosthenes and Cicero, and, indeed, of any more eminent orators, if Europe, or the world, has furnished more eminent, to produce a single passage superior to the speech of Logan, a Mingo chief, delivered to Lord Dunmore, when governor of Virginia. As a testimony of Indian talents in this line, I beg leave to introduce it, by first stating the incidents necessary for understanding it.

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2. In the spring of the year 1774, a robbery was committed, by some Indians, upon certain land adventurers on the Ohio river. The whites in that quarter, according to their custom, undertook to punish this outrage in a summary way. Captain Michael Cresap, and one Daniel Greathouse, leading on these parties, surprised, at different times, traveling and hunting parties of the Indians, who had their women and children with them, and murdered many. Among these, were unfortunately the family of Logan, a chief celebrated in peace and war, and long distinguished as the friend of the whites.

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3. This unworthy return provoked his vengeance. He accordingly signalized himself in the war which ensued. In the autumn of the same year a +decisive battle was fought at the mouth of the Great Kanhawa, between the collected forces of the Shawnees, the Mingoes, and the Delawares, and a detachment of the Vir ginia militia. The Indians were defeated, and sued for peace

Logan, however, disdained to be seen among the suppliants: but, lest the sincerity of a treaty, from which so distinguished a chief absented himself, should be distrusted, he sent, by a messenger, the following speech to be delivered to Lord Dunmore.

4. "I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an +advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said Logan is the friend of the white men.' I had even thought to live with you, but for the injuries of one man. Colonel Cresap, last spring, in cold blood, and unprovoked, murdered all the relatives of Logan, not sparing even my women and children. There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it. I have killed many. I have fully glutted my vengeance. For my country, I rejoice at the beams of peace: but do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear. Logan never felt fear. He will not turn on his heel. to save his life. Who is there to mourn for Logan? Not one.' JEFFERSON.

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UESTIONS.-Who was Demosthenes? Cicero? When was Dunmore Governor of Virginia? Who undertook to punish the Indians ? Whose family were killed? Where was a decisive battle fought? Where does the Kanhawa rise? Why did not Logan appear among the suppliants?

In the sentence, 'Logan never felt fear,' which is the subject? Which the attribute? See Pinneo's Analytical Grammar.

ARTICULATION.

Battl'd, scuttl'd, settl'd, drizzling, crispy, frizzl'd.

They battl'd manfully. The ship being scuttl'd, settl'd in deep water. A drizzling rain fell. The bear has crispy, frizzl'd hair. 'They were puzzl'd and dazzl'd by the glitter.

LESSON XXXIV.

PRONOUNCE Correctly.-Sav-a-ges, not sav-ij-is: ket-tle, not kit-tle: i-de-a, not idee: reg-i-ment, not reg-i-munt: musk-ets, not musk-its: con'-tra-ry, not con-tra'-ry: sub-jects, not sub-jics: weap-on, not weap'n.*

Can'-ni-bals, n. men who eat human flesh. | Col'-o-ny, n. a company of persons reAg-gres'-sors, n. the first invaders. moving to a new country, but remaining subject to the parent country.

Ven'-i-son, n. (pro. ven'-e-z'n or ven'-z'n) the flesh of deer.

CHARLES II. AND WILLIAM PENN.

King Charles. WELL', friend William'! I have sold you a noble province in North America; but still, I suppose you have no thoughts of going thither yourself.

Penn. Yes, I have, I assure thee, friend Charles; and I am just come to bid thee farewell.

K. C. What'! venture yourself among the savages of North America'! Why', man', what security have you that you will not be in their war kettle in two hours after setting foot on their shores?

P. The best security in the world.

*In a number of words ending in en, the e is silent; as, haven, heaven, soven, eleven, even, frozen, happen, &c., which are pronounced hav'n, hev'n, sev'n, elev'n, ev'n, fro-z'n, hap-p'n, &c. When t precedes the e, this also is sometimes silent; as in the words, glisten, listen, hasten, fasten, chasten, often, &c., which are pronounced glis'n, lis'n, has'n, fas'n, chas'n, of'n, &c. In another class of words ending in en, the e should be distinctly sounded; as in sudden, hyphen, sloven, kitchen, &c. (See McGuffey's Eclectic Spelling Book, page 49, Lessons 59, and 60.)

K. C. I doubt that, friend William; I have no idea of any security, against those cannibals, but in a regiment of good soldiers, with their muskets and +bayonets. And mind', I tell you beforehand', that, with all my good will for you and your family, to whom I am under obligations, I will not send a single soldiers with you.

P. I want none of thy soldiers, Charles: I depend on some thing better than thy soldiers.

K. C. Ah'! what may that' be?

P. Why, I depend upon themselves'; on the working of their own hearts'; on their notions of justice'; on their moral sense.

K. C. A fine thing, this same moral sense, no doubt; but I fear you will not find much of it among the Indians of North America. P. And why not among them, as well as others?

K. C. Because if they had possessed any, they would not have treated my subjects so +barbarously as they have done.

P. That is no proof of the contrary', friend Charles. Thy subjects were the aggressors. When thy subjects first went to North America, they found these poor people the fondest and kindest creatures in the world. Every day, they would watch for them to come ashore, and hasten to meet them, and feast them on the best fish, and venison, and corn, which were all they had. In return for this hospitality of the savages, as we call them, thy subjects, termed Christians, seized on their country and rich hunting grounds, for farms for themselves. Now, is it to be wondered at, that these much injured people should have been driven to +desperation by such injustice; and that, burning with revenge, they should have committed some + excesses?

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K. C. Well, then, I hope you will not complain when they come to treat you in the same manner.

P. I am not afraid of it.

K. C. Ah! how will you avoid it? You mean to get their hunting grounds too, I suppose?

P. Yes', but not by driving these poor people away from them.
K. C. No, indeed'? How then will you get their lands'?
P. I mean to buy their lands of them.

K. C. Buy their lands of them'? Why, man, you have already bought them of me.

P. Yes, I know I have, and at a dear rate, too: but I did it only to get thy good will, not that I thought thou hadst any right to their lands.

K. C. How', man'? no right to their lands?