7. They come forth from the darkness Gleam for a moment only in t And eager faces, as the light un Gaze at the tower, and vanish w

8. The mariner remembers when a On his first voyage, he saw it And when, returning from adven He saw it rise again o'er ocea

9. Steadfast, serene, immovable, the Year after year, through all th Burns on for evermore that quen Shines on that inextinguishabl

10. The startled waves leap over it; Smites it with all the scourges And steadily against its solid for Press the great shoulders of th

11. The sea-bird wheeling round it, Of wings and winds and solita Blinded and maddened by the li Dashes himself against the gla

12. A new Prometheus, chained upo Still grasping in his hand the It does not hear the cry, nor he

But hails the mariner with w

on!" it says, "sail on, ye stately ships! with your floating bridge the ocean span; me to guard this light from all eclipse, yours to bring man nearer unto man!"

frocks at or near the | măr'i-ner, a sailor.

e water.

stead fast, fast in its place.

stopher (5), St. Christopher. He is represented as gigantic usually as crossing a river with the child Jesus on his shoule'theus (-thūs) (12), in Greek mythology, is fabled to have n heaven. Jove, in punishment, chained him to Mount Cau/a vulture to eat of his liver daily.

metaphor in stanza 2 (the upheaving tides, a speechless wrath). simile in stanza 5; metaphors in stanzas 10 and 12.

-THE TENT SCENE OF BRUTUS AND CASSIUS.

SHAKESPEARE.

act is from the tragedy of Julius Cæsar (Act iv. Scene 3). and Cassius had assassinated Cæsar, they collected an army red to make head against Mark Antony and young Octavius. efeated in the battle of Philippi, in Macedonia, fought in the . C. 42.

ent should read the matchless oration of Mark Antony to the delivered over the dead body of Cæsar. (Julius Cæsar, Act

:

. That you have wronged me doth appear in

e condemned and noted Lucius Pella,

ng bribes here of the Sardians; my letters, praying on his side

I knew the man, were slighted off.

Cas. In such a time as this it is n That every nice offense should bear hi

Bru. Let me tell you, Cassius, you Are much condemned to have an itchi To sell and mart your offices for gold To undeservers.

Cas. I an itching palm!

You know that you are Brutus that s Or, by the gods, this speech were else Bru. The name of Cassius honors t And chastisement doth therefore hide Chastisement!

Cas.
Bru.

Remember March, the ides of Did not great Julius bleed for justice' What villain touched his body, that di And not for justice? What, shall one That struck the foremost man of all th But for supporting robbers, shall we Contaminate our fingers with base brib And sell the mighty space of our large For so much trash as may be grasped t I had rather be a dog, and bay the mo Than such a Roman.

Cas. Brutus, bait not me;

I'll not endure it You forget yoursel To hedge me in: I am a soldier, I, Older in practice, abler than yourself To make conditions.

Bru. Go to! you are not, Cassius. cas. I am.

Bru. I say you are not.