LXXX. THE BROOK

LXXXI.-THE MEETING OF THE WATERS
LXXXII.-I SAW FROM THE BEACH

LXXXIII.-OLD TUBAL CAIN.

LXXXIV. THE FOUR MACNICOLS

LXXXV. THE THREE FISHERS.

LXXXVI.-THE INCHCAPE ROCK
LXXXVII.-WILLIAM HAVERLY

LXXXVIII. THE FORSAKEN MERMAN
LXXXIX.-THE SANDS O' DEE .

XC.-THE PINE-TREE SHILLING
XCI.-FARMER JOHN
XCII. THE PUMPKIN .

XCIII.-THE POPULAR POPLAR TREE
XCIV.

THE BORROWED UMBRELLA
XCV. THE IMMENSITY OF CREATION
XCVI. THE SPACIOUS FIRMAMENT .

XCVII.-COLUMBIA'S EMBLEM.

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CXI.-BARTLE MASSEY'S NIGHT SCHOOL. George Eliot

CXII. AUTUMN, A DIRGE.

CXIII. THE DIRGE OF THE OLD YEAR

CXIV. THE FIRST PRINTERS AND THEIR

HOMES

Percy B. Shelley.
Alfred Tennyson

Columbia, Columbia, to glory arise,

The queen of the world, and the child of the skies!
Thy genius commands thee; with rapture behold,
While ages on ages thy splendors unfold.
Thy reign is the last and the noblest of time,
Most fruitful thy soil, most inviting thy clime;
Let the crimes of the east ne'er encrimson thy name,
Be freedom and science and virtue thy fame.

To conquest and slaughter let Europe aspire,
'Whelm nations in blood, and wrap cities in fire;
Thy heroes the rights of mankind shall defend,
And triumph pursue them, and glory attend.

A world is thy realm; for a world be thy laws, Enlarged as thine empire, and just as thy cause; On Freedom's broad basis that empire shall rise, Extend from the main, and dissolve with the skies.

Fair Science her gates to thy sons shall unbar,
And the East see thy morn hide the beams of her star;
New bards and new sages unrivaled shall soar
To fame unextinguished when time is no more;
To thee, the last refuge of virtue designed,
Shall fly from all nations the best of mankind;
Here, grateful to Heaven, with transport shall bring
Their incense, more fragrant than odors of spring.

Nor less shall thy fair ones to glory ascend,
And genius and beauty in harmony blend;
The graces of form shall awake pure desire,
And the charms of the soul ever cherish the fire;
Their sweetness unmingled, their manners refined,
And virtue's bright image engraved on the mind,
With peace and soft rapture shall teach life to glow,
And light up a smile on the aspect of woe.

Thy fleets to all regions thy power shall display,
The nations admire, and the ocean obey:

Each shore to thy glory its tribute unfold,

And the East and the South yield their spices and

gold.

As the day-spring unbounded thy splendor shall flow, And earth's little kingdoms before thee shall bow, While the ensigns of union, in triumph unfurled, Hush the tumult of war, and give peace to the world.

Thus, as down a lone valley, with cedars o'erspread,
From war's dread confusion I pensively strayed,
The gloom from the face of fair heaven retired,
The wind ceased to murmur, the thunders expired;
Perfumes, as of Eden, flowed sweetly along,
And a voice as of angels enchantingly sung:
"Columbia, Columbia, to glory arise,

The queen of the world and the child of the skies!"

NOTES FOR STUDY.

GENIUS (jen'yus), the guiding | IN'CENSE, odor of spices burnt as

spirit or principle of anything. EN CRIM'SON, to redden with blood. 'WHELM, same as overwhelm. BARDS, poets.

SAGES, men of wisdom and insight. TRANSPORT, unusual passion or emotion.

an act of worship. EN'SIGNS, flags, banners. PEN'SIVE LY, sadly thoughtful. CO LUM'BI A, a name sometimes given to the United States in honor of Columbus.

II. HOW SLEEP THE BRAVE.

WILLIAM COLLINS.

How sleep the brave who sink to rest
By all their country's wishes blessed!