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4. That which made these men, and men like these, cannot die.

5. The hand that traced the charter of Independence is, indeed, motionless; the eloquent lips that sustained it are hushed; but the lofty spirits that conceived, resolved, and maintained it, and which alone, to such men, "make it life to live," these cannot expire.

“These shall resist the empire of decay,

When time is o'er, and worlds have passed away;
Cold in the dust the perished heart may lie,
But that which warmed it once can never die."

I.

LANGUAGE EXERCISE.

Warren" (2), a patriot of the American Revolution, killed at the battle of Bunker Hill. Vernon - Mount Vernon, the residence of Washington (see Lesson 50). "The hand that traced the charter of Independence" is an allusion to Thomas Jefferson.

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"That which made these men, and men like these, cannot die."

III. Transpose to the prose order:

"Cold in the dust the perished heart may lie,

But that which warmed it once can never die."

65.- Farmer John.

blow'ing, blossoming. elutched, seized, grasped.

glâre, bewildering light.
stif'fled, close, oppressive.

1. HOME from his journey, Farmer John

Arrived this morning safe and sound;
His black coat off, his old clothes on,
"Now I'm myself," said Farmer John;
And he thinks "I'll look around."
Up leaps the dog; "Get down, you pup!
Are you so glad you would eat me up?"
The old cow lows at the gate to greet him;
The horses prick up their ears to meet him.
'Well, well, old Bay!

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Ha, ha, old Gray!

Do you get good feed while I'm away.

2. "You haven't a rib," says Farmer John;
The cattle are looking round and sleek;
The colt is going to be a roan,

And a beauty, too; how he has grown!
We'll wean the calf in a week."
Says Farmer John, "When I've been off,
To call you again about the trough,
And water you and pet you while you drink,
Is a greater comfort than you can think!"
And he pats old Bay,

And he slaps old Gray,

"Ah! this is the comfort of going away.

3. "For, after all," says Farmer John,

"The best of a journey is getting home:
I've seen great sights, but I would not give
This spot, and the peaceful life I live,

For all their Paris and Rome;
These hills for the city's stifled air,
And big hotels and bustle and glare;
Land all houses and roads all stones,
That deafen your ears and batter your bones!
Would you, old Bay?

Would you, old Gray?

That's what one gets by going away.

4. "There Money is king," says Farmer John, "And Fashion is queen; and it's mighty

queer

To see how sometimes, while the man
Is raking and scraping all he can,

The wife spends, every year,

Enough, you would think, for a score of wives,
To keep them in luxury all their lives!

The town is a perfect Babylon

To a quiet chap," says Farmer John.

"You see, old Bay,

You see, old Gray,

I'm wiser than when I went away.

5. "I've found out this," says Farmer John,
"That happiness is not bought and sold,

And clutched in a life of waste and hurry,
In nights of pleasure and days of worry,
And wealth isn't all in gold,

Mortgage and stocks, and ten per cent,
But in simple ways and sweet content,
Few wants, pure hopes, and noble ends,
Some lands to till, and a few good friends,
Like you, old Bay,

And you, old Gray,

That's what I've learned by going away."

6. And a happy man is Farmer John, -
O, a rich and happy man is he!
He sees the peas and pumpkins growing,
The corn in tassel, the buckwheat blowing,
And fruit on vine and tree;

The large kind oxen look their thanks

As he rubs their foreheads and strokes their

flanks;

The doves light round him, and strut and coo,
Says Farmer John, "I'll take you too, —

And you, old Bay,

And you, old Gray,

Next time I travel so far away."

LANGUAGE EXERCISE.

I. To what part of the world, do you gather, farmer John had been during his journey?"A perfect Babylon" (4): here

Babylon "that great city," is taken as the representation of any luxurious metropolis.

What colloquial expression (4) means very strange? What colloquial word (4) means person? What expression (5) means large interest?

Explain "a beauty" (2); "stocks" (5); "the buckwheat blowing" (6).

II. Write the full forms of: "I'm " (3); “I'll" (1); “I've” (3); "we'll" (2); “it's" (4); “isn't" (5).

III. Change to the prose order: —

"Home from his journey Farmer John arrived."

"A happy man is Farmer John."

Point out two examples of personification in stanza 4.

66.-The Giant of Doubting Castle.

ease, situation, plight.

eon-dōle', to lament.

griēv'oùs, causing grief.

PART I.

rāt'ing, scolding.

tres passed, entered on another's grounds without leave.

1. Now there was, not far from the place where Christian and Hopeful lay, a castle, called Doubting Castle, the owner of which was Giant Despair; and it was in his grounds they now were sleeping. Wherefore he, getting up in the morning early, and walking up and down in his fields, caught Christian and Hopeful asleep in his grounds.

2. Then with a grim and surly voice he bade them

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