4. Oh! 'twas a hard, unyielding fate But safe, above each coral grave, A God was on the western wave,— 5. They knelt them on the desert sand, They looked upon the high, blue air, 6. The warrior's red right arm was bared, To seek his home and child'? The dark chiefs yelled alarm, and swore And his hewn bones should bleach their shore, 7. But lo! the warrior's eye grew dim,- The still, black wilds which sheltered him, Time fled, and on the hallowed ground And cities swell where forests frowned, 8. Oh! stay not to recount the tale,— The firmest cheek might well grow pale, The God of Heaven who prospers us, Could bid a nation grow, And shield us from the red man's curse,- 9. Come, then,-great shades of glorious men, We call you from each moldering tomb, To bless the world ye snatched from doom,- 10. Then to your harps !-yet louder,-higher And smite again each quivering wire, (f) Shout for those godlike men of old, On this blessed soil their anthem rolled, QUESTIONS.-1. Who are meant by godlike men of old? they flee to this country? 3. Who warred against them? 2. Why did LESSON CVI. SE RENE' LY, calmly; quietly. EB ON, black, as ebony. GUARD' I AN, defender; protector. CHIVAL RIC, brave; heroic. MAIL, defensive armor. BLIGHT ED, blasted. RE NOWN', fame; celebrity. IN TER VENE', (INTER, between VENE, to come;) come between; interpose SUC CEED', SUC, after; CEED, to come;) come after; follow. PRESS ON. PARK BENJAMIN. 1. PRESS ON! there's no such word as fail! 2. Press on! surmount the rocky steeps, 3. Press on! if once and twice thy feet Danger and death, they're sure to fly. To coward ranks the bullet speeds; 4. Press on! if Fortune play thee false Makes up her follies past and gone: 5. Press on! what though upon the ground The sweetest, which is born of pain. 6. Therefore, press on! and reach the goal, To thine own self be true, and keep Thy mind from sloth, thy heart from soil; A heavenly harvest for thy toil! QUESTIONS.-1. What encouragement is given to those who press on? Who fails, and who wins? 3. What is said of those who never dread to meet danger and death? 4. How are they rewarded, who press on? PHAN TAS MA GOʻRI A, magic lantern; GYM NAS' TIC, athletic exercise. illusive representations. UN' DU LA TING, waving; irregular. MO BIL' I TY, movableness; readiness to move. Doc' ILE, teachable; obedient. O PAC I TY, state of being opaque or dark. PA THETIC, feeling; tender. IN DOM'I TA BLE, unconquerable. 1 MOUNT PER DU, one of the high summits of the Pyrenees mountains, in Spain. The name signifies "Lost Mountain;" in allusion, probably, to its peak being lost in the clouds. THE THREE FORMS OF NATURE. FROM THE FRENCH OF MICHELET. 1. THERE are three forms of Nature, which especially expand and elevate our souls, release her from her heavy clay and earthly limits, and send her, exulting, to sail amidst the wonders and mysteries of the Infinite. First, there is the variable Ocean of Air with its glorious banquet of light, its vapors, its twilight, and its shifting phantasmagoria of capricious creatures, coming into existence only to depart the next instant. 2. Second, there is the fixed Ocean of the Earth, its undulating and vast waves, as we see them from the tops of "earth o'er gazing mountains," the elevations which testify its antique mobility, and the sublimity of its mightier mountains, clad in eternal snows. Third, there is the Ocean of Waters, less mobile than air, less fixed than earth, but docile, in its movements, to the celestial bodies. 3. These three things form the gamut by which the Infinite speaks to our souls. Nevertheless, let us point out some very notable differences. The Air-ocean is so mobile |