3. There was a child whose early home
Was on the rolling deep;
The waters sung his lullaby,
And rock'd him to his sleep.

4. He was the captain's only child,
And when his mother died

He would not to her kindred send
The prattler from his side.

5. And so the little boy grew up,
A dweller on the sea;

For feats of horsemanship, he learn'd
To climb the tall mast tree.

and has left his prescription. See, there it is." The boy followed the direction which his mother indicated, and took down the paper which the emperor had written. No sooner had he glanced at its contents, than he uttered an exclamation of joyful surprise.

16. "Oh, mother! It's the best prescription a physician ever wrote; it's the order for a pension, mother a pension for you-signed by the emperor himself; listen; mother, hear what he says:

Madam,-Your son was fortunate enough to meet me in the city, and he apprised me of the fact that the widow of one of my bravest officers was suffering poverty and sickness, without any means of assistance. I was ignorant of this, therefore I cannot be accused of injustice. It is difficult for me to know everything that transpires in my empire. Now that I do know of your distress, I should indeed be culpable did I not render you all the help I can. I shall immediately place your name on the pension list for the annual sum of two thousand florins, and trust that you may live many years to enjoy it. "JOSEPH II."

17. The widow and her children were taken under the especial patronage of the emperor, and a brilliant career was opened out to the boys, who inherited all their father's bravery and mother's piety.

Happy emperor! whose life was made illustrious by good works, and who never lost the opportunity of doing a charitable deed.

disguises, changes of dress. indisposition, illness.

How did Joseph II. of Austria find out his people's wants? What did he say to the little boy whom he saw in Vienna? What did the child reply? What had the boy's father once been? Where was his mother? Who were with her? What did the emperor say when the boy began to cry? For whom did the emperor send the boy? Where did Joseph II. go? Why was there but little furniture in the room in which the sick mother lay? What did the emperor say to the lady? Write out the emperor's prescription.

Explain: Regal purple, physician, alacrity, indisposition, embarrassment, prescription, culpable.

THE ARAB'S FAREWELL TO HIS HORSE.

[The Arabs have the finest horses in the world, and they are very fond of them. It is related that the French Consul at Alexandria once gave a poor Arab a purse of gold for a fine horse, with the design of sending the animal to the King of France. The Arab took the money, but, after having in vain endeavoured to tear himself away from his horse, flung the purse upon the ground, sprung upon the horse's back, and was quickly out of sight.

The following beautiful lines were written upon this touching incident:-]

1. My beautiful! my beautiful! that standest meekly by,

With thy proudly arched and glossy neck, and dark and fiery eye!

Fret not to roam the desert now with all thy winged speed;

I may not mount on thee again;-thou'rt sold, my Arab steed!

2. Fret not with that impatient hoof, snuff not the breezy wind;

The farther that thou fliest now, so far am I be

hind;

The stranger hath thy bridle rein; thy master hath his gold;

Fleet-limbed and beautiful! farewell!-thou'rt sold, my steed, thou'rt sold!

3. Farewell! Those free, untirèd limbs full many a mile must roam,

To reach the chill and wintry clime that clouds the stranger's home;

Some other hand, less kind, must now thy corn and bed prepare;

That silky mane I braided once must be another's

care.

4. Only in sleep shall I behold that dark eye glancing bright,

Only in sleep shall hear again that step so firm and light;

And when I raise my dreaming arms to check or cheer thy speed,

Then must I startling wake to feel thou'rt sold, my Arab steed!