10. Is there, in human form, that bears a heart,— Points to the parents fondling o'er their child? Then paints the ruin'd maid, and their distraction wild? 11. But now the supper crowns their simple board, How 'twas a towmond auld, sin' lint was i' the bell. 12. The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They round the ingle form a circle wide; NOTES.-88. ruth, mercy or pity. | 96. weel-hain'd, carefully pre ANALYSIS.-87. With what is all in apposition? 89, 90. What is the subject of Points and paints? 92. Scotia's food. What figure? 95. Meaning of complimental? 98. will tell. poetic license. The future tense is used here for the present by 101. cheerfu' supper. What figure? The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha' Bible, ance his father's pride: His yart haffets wearing thin an' bare; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales a portion with judicious care; And "Let us worship God!" he says, with solemn air 13. They chant their artless notes in simple guise; 14. The priest-like father reads the sacred page,— NOTES.-103. ha' Bible, the Bi- 106. Zion, a psalm-tune. ANALYSIS.-108. Name the object of says. 109. What is the meaning of guise? 110. by far the noblest aim. Give grammatical construction. 113. What figure in the line? 116. tickled ear. What figure? raise. Is this correct? 117. What is the antecedent of they? 105 110 115 120 Or how the royal bard did groaning lie Or other holy seers that tune the sacred lyre. 15 Perhaps the Christian volume is the theme,— How guiltless blood for guilty man was shed; 125 Had not on earth whereon to lay his head; 130 The precepts sage they wrote to many a land; How he, who, lone in Patmos banished, Saw in the sun a mighty angel stand, And heard great Babylon's doom pronounced by Heaven's 135 command. 16. Then, kneeling down, to Heaven's Eternal King ANALYSIS.-122: Who was the royal bard? 124. pathetic plaint. Notice the alliteration. Meaning of plaint 127. Meaning of theme? 129. To what does He refer? 130. Supply ellipsis. Dispose of whereon. 133-135. To whom do these lines refer? 135. Heaven's command. What figure? 137. Justify the use of prays instead of pray. 138 Hope springs, etc. What figure? 138, 139. Notice that Hope is used here both figuratively and literal.y. 139 That thus, etc. What kind of modifier? 140. To what does There refer? 141. Grammatical construction of to sigh and shed 142. Give a synonym for hymning. 140 In such society, yet still more dear, While circling Time moves round in an eternal sphere. 17. Compared with this, how poor Religion's pride, 145 In all the pomp of method and of art, When men display to congregations wide The pompous strain, the sacerdotal stole; 150 But haply, in some cottage far apart, May hear, well pleased, the language of the soul, And in his book of life the inmates poor enroll. 18. Then homeward all take off their several way; 155 That He who stills the raven's clamorous nest, And decks the lily fair in flowery pride, Would, in the way His wisdom sees the best, 160 But, chiefly, in their hearts with grace divine preside. NOTES.-150. stole, a long nar- | 151. far apart, distant from others. 155. youngling, etc., the children ANALYSIS.-143. The meaning of society here? 144. What figure in the line? The meaning of sphere? 149, 150. Give the meaning of these lines. 151-153. Rewrite in prose. 152. What is the subject of May hear! 154 Why is way used, instead of ways? 156. secret homage. Give the meaning. 158. raven's clamorous nest. What figure? 19. From scenes like these old Scotia's grandeur springs, That makes her loved at home, revered abroad: 20. O Scotia! my dear, my native soil! For whom my warmest wish to Heaven is sent! Be blest with health and peace and sweet content! 175 And, oh, may Heaven their simple lives prevent A virtuous populace may rise the while, And stand a wall of fire around their much-loved isle. 180 21. O Thou! who pour'd the patriotic tide That stream'd through Wallace's undaunted heart; ANALYSIS.-163. The meaning of Scotia's? Explain the figure in the line. 168. What figure in the line? Give the syntax of far and behind 178. crowns and coronets be rent. What figure? 179. Grammatical construction of while? 180. Parse wall. Point out the figure in the line. 181. Name the figure in this line. 182. Who was Wallace, referred to in this line? 183. to nobly stem. Criticise. What is the antecedent of Who? 184. the second glorious part. Dispose of second. |