4. When Science from Creation's face What lovely visions yield their place 5. And yet, fair bow, no fabling dreams, Have told why first thy robe of beams 6. When o'er the green undeluged earth Heaven's cov'nant thou didst shine, How came the world's gray fathers forth To watch thy sacred sign! 7. And when its yellow lustre smiled Each mother held aloft her child 8. Methinks thy jubilee to keep, 9. Nor ever shall the Muse's eye Unraptured greet thy beam : Theme of primeval prophecy, Be still the poet's theme! 10. The earth to thee her incense yields, When, glittering in the freshened fields, 11. How glorious is thy girdle, cast A thousand fathoms down! 12. As fresh in yon horizon dark, 13. For, faithful to its sacred page, 1 Tri-um-phal arch,-refers to ornamental arch erected in honour of a victory. Part, pass away. The shining of the sun causes the rainbow, and shows that the storm is over. Phi-los-o-phy, science; learning. 3 Op-tics, the science which treats of the laws of light and sight. Dreamt of gems and gold,-refers to stories about the rainbow. 4 En-chant-ment's veil, the charm which a strange story throws around an object. un-del-uged un-rap-tured Gray fathers, heads of families in the early times of the world's history. 7 Lustre, brightness. 8 Ju-bi-lee, a festival held at certain intervals, generally fifty years. Anthem, hymn; song of praise. Theme, subject. 9 Pri-me-val, earliest; belonging to the first age. 10 Incense, offerings. 11 Girdle, belt. Mir-rored, reflected as in a lookingglass. Ma-te-ri-al laws, laws of matter, not 12 Ho-ri-zon, sky-line; the circle which spiritual. 5 Why first, as a token of the cove- 6 Un-del-uged, freed from the deluge Cov-nant, covenant; sign of the promise. (See No. 5.) bounds the view where earth and sky seem to meet. Faithful to, etc. This refers to the promise given in the Bible. 14 Thomas Campbell (1777-1844), poet, author of The Pleasures of Hope; best known by his lyricsHohenlinden, Lord Ullin's Daughter, The Battle of the Baltic, and Ye Mariners of England. Summary:-All transparent bodies have the power of decomposing, or separating into its parts, the light which falls on them. A soap bubble, for example, exhibits a beautiful play of colours on its surface; and so is it with the rainbow. The drops of rain separate the white light of the sun's rays into the seven colours of which sunlight is composed-namely, violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, and red; the dark cloud behind the falling shower acting as a screen, on which the brilliant arch is made visible to the spectator. Exercises: 1. Write the story of the Flood as told in the Book of Genesis. 2. Of what use is rain? What evils result from too much or too little rain? 3. The Latin prefix a, ab, or abs, signifies from or away-as, absolve, to loose from; absent', to keep away from; abstract, to draw from. Make sentences containing absolve, absent', abstract. SCENES FROM "IVANHOE."-Part II. IV. THE DISINHERITED. 1. It was a gorgeous scene at Ashby. Prince John, brother to Richard the First, was there with his court, and an immense multitude of all ranks and classes. To the poor as well as the rich, the vulgar as well as the noble, a tournament was the grand spectacle of that age. The scene was singularly romantic. On the verge of a wood which approached to within a mile of Ashby was an extensive meadow of the finest and most beautiful turf, surrounded on one side by the forest, and fringed on the other by straggling oak-trees, some of which had grown to an immense size. The ground, as if fashioned on purpose for the martial display, sloped gradually down to a level bottom, which was enclosed for the lists with strong palisades, forming a space of a quarter of a mile in length and about half as broad. 2. Gradually the galleries became filled with knights and nobles in their robes of peace, their long and richly-tinted mantles contrasting with the gayer and more splendid habits of the ladies, who thronged in those days to such scenes. The lower and interior space was filled by substantial yeomen and burghers, and such of the lesser gentry as, from modesty, poverty, or dubious title, durst not assume any higher place. In the knightly sports of the early part of the day the Templar, Sir Brian, was easily chief; but at length a new knight made his appearance on the field, with his visor down, and unknown to all. 3. As the music of the challengers concluded one of those long and high flourishes with which they had broken the silence of the lists, it was answered by a solitary trumpet, which breathed a note of defiance from the northern extremity. All eyes were turned to see the new champion which these sounds announced, and no sooner were the barriers opened than he paced into the lists. As far as could be judged of a man sheathed in armour, the new-comer did not greatly exceed the middle size, and seemed to be rather slender than strongly made. 4. His suit of armour was formed of steel, richly inlaid with gold; and the device on his shield was a young oak-tree pulled up by the roots, with a Spanish word signifying "The Disinherited." He was mounted on a gallant black horse; and as he passed through the lists he gracefully saluted the Prince and the ladies by lowering his lance. The dexterity with which he managed his steed, and something of youthful grace which he displayed in his manner, won him the favour of the multitude; which some of the lower classes expressed by calling |