6. Here it comes sparkling,
And there its lies darkling;
Now smoking and frothing
Its tumult and wrath in,
Till, in this rapid race
On which it is bent,

It reaches the place

Of its steep descent.

7. The cataract strong
Then plunges along,
Striking and raging
As if a war waging

Its caverns and rocks among;

8. Rising and leaping,
Sinking and creeping,
Swelling and sweeping,
Showering and springing,
Flying and flinging,
Writhing and ringing,

Eddying and whisking,

Spouting and frisking,
Turning and twisting,
Around and around
With endless rebound;
Smiting and fighting,

A sight to delight in;

Confounding, astounding,

Dizzying, and deafening the ear with its sound.

9. Collecting, projecting,

Receding and speeding,

And shocking and rocking,
And darting and parting,

And threading and spreading,
And whizzing and hissing,
And dripping and skipping,
And hitting and splitting,
And shining and twining,
And rattling and battling,
And shaking and quaking,
And pouring and roaring,
And waving and raving,
And tossing and crossing,
And guggling and struggling,
And heaving and cleaving,
And moaning and groaning,
And glittering and flittering,
And gathering and feathering,
And whitening and brightening,
And quivering and shivering,
And hurrying and skurrying,
And thundering and floundering;

10. Dividing and gliding and sliding,

And falling and brawling and sprawling,

And driving and riving and striving,

And sprinkling and twinkling and wrinkling;

11. And thumping and plumping and bumping and jumping,
And dashing and flashing and splashing and clashing;
And so never ending, but always descending,
Sounds and motions forever and ever are blending,
All at once and all o'er, with a mighty uproar,
And this way the water comes down at Lodore.
Abridged from Southey.

CXLVIII.-ON REPEALING THE ACTS AGAINST THE AMERICAN COLONIES, IN 1775.

re-peal', to recall; widerrufen.

act, a decree; Beschluß.

parch'-ment, the skin of sheep or goats prepared to write upon;

a document recorded on parchment; Pergament; Urkunde. ar-ray', men drawn up for battle; Schlachtordnung. con-ces'-sion, act of yielding to a request; Zustimmung. dic'-tate, a suggestion to the mind; Eingebung.

ex-tor'-tion, oppression; Erpressung.

prin'-ci-pled, settled in opinion; fest in Grundsäßen.
in-volve', to take in; hineinziehen.

trans-mit', to send from one place to another; übersenden.
de'-cen-cy, propriety in form; Anstand.

a-vow', to declare openly; offen bekennen.

com-pli-ca'-tion, entanglement; Verwickelung.

gen'-u-ine, true; pure; echt.

mod-er-a'-tion, freedom from excess; Mäßigung.

sen'-ti-ment, opinion; feeling; Gesinnung.

un-ri'-valled, without competitor; ohne Nebenbuhler.

serv'-i-tude, state of subjection to a master; Knechtschaft.

ul-ti-mate-ly, at last; zulet.

re-tract', to recall; zurücknehmen.

al'-ien-ate, to estrange; entfremden; abspenstig machen.

1. It is not repealing this or that act of Parliament,— it is not repealing a piece of parchment,- that can restore America to our bosom. You must repeal her fears and her resentments; and you may then hope for her love and gratitude. But, now, insulted with an armed force posted at Boston, irritated with a hostile array before her eyes, her concessions, if you could force them, would be suspicious and insecure, the dictates of fear, and the extortions of force!

2. But it is more than evident that you can not force them, principled and united as they are, to your unworthy terms of submission. Repeal, therefore, my lords, I say! But bare repeal will not satisfy this enlightened and spirited

people. You must go through the work. You must declare you have no right to tax. Then they may trust you.

3. There is no time to be lost. Every moment is big with dangers. While I am speaking, the decisive blow may be struck, and millions involved in the consequences. The very first drop of blood shed in civil and unnatural war will make a wound which years, perhaps ages, may not heal.

4. When your lordships look at the papers transmitted to us from America,—when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom,-you can not but respect their cause, and wish to make it your own. I must declare and avow that, in the master states of the world, I know not the people nor the senate, who, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, can stand in preference to the delegates of America, assembled in General Congress at Philadelphia.

5. For genuine sagacity, for singular moderation, for solid wisdom, manly spirit, sublime sentiments, and simplicity of language,- for everything respectable and honorable, they stand unrivalled. I trust it is obvious to your lordships that all attempts to impose servitude upon such men, to establish despotism over such a mighty continental nation, must be vain, must be fatal.

6. This wise people speak out. They do not hold the language of slaves. They tell you what they mean. They do not ask you to repeal your laws as a favor. They claim it as a right,-they demand it. They tell you they will not submit to them. And I tell you the acts must be repealed. We shall be forced ultimately to retract. Let us retract while we can, not when we must.

7. If ministers thus persevere in misadvising and misleading the king, I will not say that they can alienate the affections of his subjects from the crown, but I will affirm that they will make the crown not worth his wearing; I will not say that the king is betrayed, but I will pronounce that the kingdom is undone!

Lord Chatham.

CXLIX. THE BURIAL OF MOSES.

sep'-ul-chre, a grave; Grab.

fu'-ner-al, the ceremony of burying a dead human body; Leichen

begängnis.

pro-ces'-sion, a ceremonious train; ein feierlicher Zug.

stalk, to walk slowly and secretly; schleichen.

hal'-lowed, made holy; geheiligt.

re-versed', turned upside down; umgekehrt.

muf'-fled, wrapped with something that dulls the sound; eingehüllt. em-bla'-zoned, decorated; geschmückt.

pall, a black cloth thrown over a coffin; Bahrtuch.

ta'-per, a wax candle; Wachskerze.

bier, a frame of wood for conveying the dead to the grave; Bahre. in-car'-nate, clothed with flesh; Fleisch geworden.

"And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor; but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day."-Deut. 34, 6.

By Nebo's lonely mountain,

On this side Jordan's wave,
In a vale in the land of Moab,
There lies a lonely grave.
And no man dug that sepulchre,
And no man saw it e'er;

For the angels of God upturned the sod,

And laid the dead man there.

That was the grandest funeral
That ever passed on earth;
But no man heard the trampling,
Or saw the train go forth.
Noiselessly as the daylight

Comes when the night is done,

And the crimson streak on ocean's cheek
Grows into the great sun,—

Noiselessly as the spring time

Her crown of verdure weaves,
And all the trees on all the hills

Open their thousand leaves,-