("Explosive" utterance.) Terror. "The foe! they come, they come ! " 2. Half-whisper. ("Effusive" utterance.) Awe. They oared the broad Lomond, so still and serene; Over mountains inverted the blue water curled, ("Expulsive" utterance.) Fear. "Few minutes had passed, ere they spied on the stream, A skiff sailing light, where a lady did seem: Her sail was a web of the gossamer's loom, The glow-worm her wake-light, the rainbow her boom; "A dim rayless beam was her prow, and her mast Like wold-fire at midnight, that glares o'er the waste!” ("Explosive" utterance.) Terror. "The fox fled in terror; the eagle awoke, And screwed the night-heaven, till lost in the blue!" "It was thy spirit brother! which had made * The degree of force implied in the epithet "subdued,” is equivalent, in Ye were but two, and when that spirit passed, Woe to the one, the last! Woe, yet not long; - she lingered but to trace But smile upon her, ere she went to rest. "The earth grew silent when thy voice departed, 2. Solemnity. "Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath, Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death! "We know when moons shall wane, When summer birds from far shall cross the sea, When autumn's hue shall tinge the golden grain;· But who shall teach us when to look for thee?" 3. Tranquillity. "The birds have ceased their song, All, save the black-cap, that, amid the boughs Chants forth his evening hymn. general, to that which, in music, would be indicated by the term "piano," and which suggests an obvious softening of the voice from even its moderate or ordinary energy, Pathos, solemnity, and tranquillity, when so arranged in succession, imply a slight increase of energy at each stage. But all three are still inferior to "moderate" or ordinary force. "T is twilight now : How deep is the tranquillity! - The trees Are slumbering through their multitude of boughs, A twilight gloom pervades the distant hills; (*"Orotund quality:" "Effusive " utterance.) Wolsey, [on his downfall.] "Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness! 2. Solemnity and Sublimity. "Oh! listen, man! A voice within us speaks that startling word, *The effect of "orotund quality," as transcending "pure tone," is that of a deeper, fuller, rounder, and more resonant utterance, implying, therefore, an increase of force, although still a "subdued," or softened force, when compared with even an ordinary degree. In music, the distinction would still be that of " piano." "These, as they change, Almighty Father! these Are but the varied God. The rolling year Is full of Thee. And oft Thy voice in dreadful thunder speaks; By brooks and groves, in hollow-whispering gales.- III. * "C MODERATE" FORCE. ("Pure tone:" "Expulsive" utterance.) "Grave" Style. "The inordinate love of pleasure is equally fatal to happiness as to virtue. To the wise and virtuous, to those who use the pleasures of life only as a temporary relaxation, as a resting-place to animate them on the great journey on which they are travelling, the hours of amusement bring real pleasure to them the well of joy is ever full; while to those who linger by its side, its waters are soon dried and exhausted. "I speak not now of those bitter waters which must mingle themselves with the well of unhallowed pleasure, — of the secret reproaches of accusing conscience, of the sad sense of shame and dishonor, — and of that degraded spirit, which must bend itself beneath the scorn of the world: I speak only of the simple and natural effect of unJulgence; that it renders the mind callous to en moderate" is generally equivalent to "mezzo," in music. ations, however; of which "grave" is the lowest. The are intimated in the arrangement of the exercises. |