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Time fled, and on the hallowed ground
His highest pine lies low,-

And cities swell where forests frowned,
TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO!

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8. Oh! stay not to recount the tale,—
'Twas bloody, and 'tis past;

The firmest cheek might well grow pale,
To hear it to the last.

The God of Heaven who prospers us,

Could bid a nation grow,

And shield us from the red man's curse,-
TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO!

9. Come, then,-great shades of glorious men,
From your still glorious grave!
Look on your own proud land again,
O bravest of the brave!

We call you from each moldering tomb,

And each blue wave below,

To bless the world ye snatched from doom,-
TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO!

10. Then to your harps!—yet louder,—higher
And pour your strains along;

And smite again each quivering wire,
In all the pride of song!

(f) Shout for those godlike men of old,
Who, daring storm and foe,

On this blessed soil their anthem rolled,
TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO!

QUESTIONS.-1. Who are meant by godlike men of old? 2. Why did they flee to this country? 3. Who warred against them?

LESSON CVI.

SE RENE' LY, calmly; quietly.
SUR MOUNT', rise above; overcome.
TRAMP, tread, or travel.

EB' ON, black, as ebony.

GUARD' I AN, defender; protector.
CHIVAL RIC, brave; heroic.

MAIL, defensive armo
EX ALT', lift up.
FRAIL' TY, weakness.

BLIGHT ED, blasted.

RE NOWN', fame; celebrity.
STEAD' FAST, firm; resolute.

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!
Press nobly on! the goal is near,-
Ascend the mountain! breast the gale!
Look upward, onward,—never fear!
Why shouldst thou faint? Heaven smiles above,
Though storms and vapor intervene ;
That Sun shines on, whose name is Love,
Serenely o'er Life's shadowed scene.

2. Press on! surmount the rocky steeps,
Climb boldly o'er the torrent's arch:
He fails alone who feebly creeps;
He wins, who dares the hero's march.
Be thou a hero! let thy might

Tramp on eternal snows its way,
And, through the ebon walls of night,
Hew down a passage unto day.

3. Press on! if once and twice thy feet
Slip back and stumble, harder try;
From him who never dreads to meet

Danger and death, they're sure to fly.

To coward ranks the bullet speeds;
While on their breasts who never quail,
Gleams, guardian of chivalric deeds,
Bright courage, like a coat of mail.

4. Press on! if Fortune play thee false
To-day, to-morrow she'll be true;
Whom now she sinks she now exalts,
Taking old gifts and granting new.
The wisdom of the present hour

her follies past and gone:

Makes up her follies

To weakness strength succeeds, and power

From frailty springs;-press on! PRESS ON!

5 Press on! what though upon the ground
Thy love has been poured out like rain?
That happiness is always found

The sweetest, which is born of pain.
Oft 'mid the forest's deepest glooms,
A bird sings from some blighted tree,
And, in the dreariest desert, blooms
A never-dying rose for thee.

6. Therefore, press on! and reach the goal,
And gain the prize, and wear the crown:
Faint not! for, to the steadfast soul,
Come wealth, and honor, and renown.

To thine own self be true, and keep

Thy mind from sloth, thy heart from soil;
Press on! and thou shalt surely reap

A heavenly harvest for thy toil!

QUESTIONS.-1. What encouragement is given to those who press on? 2. 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?

LESSON CVII.

EX PAND', develop; enlarge.
ELE VATE, raise; dignify.
VARI A BLE, changeable.

PHAN TAS MA GOʻRI A, magic lantern;

illusive representations.

UN' DU LA TING, waving; irregular.
MO BILI TY, movableness; readi-

ness to move.

Doc' ILE, teachable; obedient.

CE LES' TIAL, heavenly.

DIS' SI PATES, scatters, or confuses.
IN FIN' I TY, boundlessness.
GYM NAS' TIC, athletic exercise.
O PACITY, state of being opaque
or dark.

PA THETIC, feeling; tender.

IN DOM'I TA BLE, unconquerable. CO-OPERATE, work with; join with. 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

that we can scarcely examine it. It deceives; it decoys; it diverts; it dissipates, and breaks up our chain of thought.

4. For an instant, it is an immense hope, the day of an infinity; anon, it is not so; all flies from before us, and our hearts are grieved, agitated, and filled with doubt. Why have I been permitted to see for a moment that immense flood of light? The memory of that brief gleaming must ever abide with me, and that memory makes all things here on earth look dark.

5. The fixed Ocean of the mountains is not thus transient or fugitive; on the contrary, it stops us at every step, and imposes upon us the necessity of a very hard, though wholesome gymnastic. Contemplation here has to be bought at the price of the most violent action. Nevertheless, the opacity of the earth, like the transparency of the air, frequently deceives and bewilders us. Who can forget that, for ten years, Ramon, in vain, sought to reach Mount Perdu', though often within sight of it?

6. Great, very great, is the difference between the two elements; the earth is mute and the ocean speaks. The ocean is a voice. It speaks to the distant stars; it answers to their movements in its deep and solemn language. It speaks to the earth on the shores, replying to the echoes that reply again; by turns wailing, soothing, threatening, its deepest roar is presently succeeded by a sad, pathetic sigh.

7. And it especially addresses itself to man. It has creation's living eloquence. It is Life speaking to Life! The millions, the countless myriads of beings to which it gives birth, are its words. All these, mingled together, make the unity, the great and solemn voice of the ocean. And "what are those wild waves saying?" They are telling of Life,—of Immortality.

8. An indomitable strength is at the bottom of Nature,

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