Flame, flew, flown, fly, trifl'd, trifl'dst, trifles, trifl'st, sof ̃n, sof'n'd, sof'ns; frame, freeze, frown, laughs, laugh'st, waft, wafts, waft'st, fifth. Passage down the Ohio. JAMES K. PAULDING. As, down Ohio's ever-ebbing tide, How still the scene! how lifeless, yet how fair, The busy haunts of busy men bespoke; No solitary hut, the banks along, Sent forth blithe labor's homely rustic song, They seemed to breathe in this wide world alone, 'Twas evening now; the hour of toil was o'er; Yet still they durst not seek the fearful shore, Lest watchful Indian crew should silent creep, And spring upon, and murder them in sleep; So through the livelong night they held their way, LESSON LIV. EXERCISES IN ARTICULATION. Dragg'd, dragg'dst, glow, mangled, mangles, mangl'st, grave, green, grown, begs, begg'st. An Evening Reveric. THE summer day has closed W. C. BRYANT. the sun is set: Well have they done their office, those bright hours, In the red west. The green blade of the ground Flowers of the garden and the waste have blown, From bursting cells, and in their graves await Their resurrection. Insects from the pools In noisome cells of the tumultuous town, Mothers have clasped with joy the new-born babe. Of the thronged city, have been hollowed out, This day hath parted friends, That ne'er before were parted; it hath knit New friendships; it hath seen the maiden plight Or change, or flight of time, for ye are one! - Into night's shadow, and the streaming rays Yet know not whither. Man foretells afar The courses of the stars; the very hour He knows when they shall darken, or grow bright; Yet doth the eclipse of sorrow and of death Come unforewarned. Shall pass from life, Who next, of those I love, or, sadder yet, shall fall From virtue? Strife with foes, or bitterer strife With friends, or shame, and general scorn of men Which, who can bear? or the fierce rack of pain, Lie they within my path? or shall the years Or do the portals of another life, Even now, while I am glorying in my strength, At that broad threshold, with what fairer forms Claim, buckl'd, buckles, buckl'dst, buckl'st, black'n, black'n'd, black'ns, black'n'dst, black'nst, cream, thinks, think'st, sixth, act, acts, act'st. Patrick Henry. ALEXANDER. H. EVERETT. In his person, Henry was tall and thin, with a slight stoop of the shoulders. His complexion was dark, and his face furrowed by deep lines of care and thought, which gave it a somewhat severe aspect. In his youth, he was rather inattentive to his dress; but in his later years, especially on public occasions, and while he occupied the executive chair, he paid, in this respect, a proper regard to the decorum required by his position in society. At the bar of the General Assembly, he always appeared in a full suit of black cloth, or velvet, with a tie-wig dressed and powdered in the highest style of forensic fashion; and in the winter season, he wore, over his other apparel, in accordance with the usage of the time, an ample scarlet cloak. As he advanced in years, he also exchanged the rusticity of his youthful manners for a deportment distinguished by entire self-possession, and, on proper occasions, by an air of stateliness and elegance. He is represented, by those who have been present when he has entered the hall of the Assembly for the purpose of arguing some important case, as "saluting the house all round with a dignity, and even majesty, that would have done honor to the most polished courtier in Europe." The leading traits in his intellectual and moral character are shown too clearly in his practical life to require an elaborate recapitulation. He possessed an instinctive sagacity, which supplied, to a great extent, the deficiencies of his education; a moral courage, which led him to spurn at all considerations of mere temporary expediency, when he was once satisfied where the right lay; and a naturally noble and generous heart. To these latter qualities he owed his extraordinary efficiency and success as a public speaker. Eloquence, no doubt, supposes, in general, the natural gift of an easy, copious, and flowing utterance; but this is not a rare endowment, and, when wholly or chiefly relied upon for effect, is apt to tire, rather than convince or delight an audience. It rises into eloquence only when it becomes the impression of powerful thought, and especially deep feeling. While the speaker only gratifies the ear with melodious |