10. And spoke their kindly words; and, as the sun
Rose up in heaven, he knelt among them there,
And bowed his head upon his hands to pray.
Oh! when the heart is full, when bitter thoughts
Come crowding thickly up for utterance,
15. And the poor common words of courtesy
Are such a very mockery', how much

The bursting heart may pour itself in prayer'!
He prayed for Israel'; and his voice went up'
Strongly and fervently'. He prayed for those'
20. Whose love had been his shield'; and his deep tones
Grew tremulous. But, oh! for Absalom,

For his estranged, misguided Absalom,

The proud, bright being, who had burst away,
In all his princely beauty, to defy

25. The heart that cherished him, for him he poured,
In agony that would not be controlled,

Strong supplication, and forgave him there,
Before his God, for his deep sinfulness.

30. The pall was settled. He who slept beneath
Was straightened for the grave; and, as the folds
Sunk to the still proportions, they betrayed
The matchless symmetry of Absalom.
His hair was yet unshorn, and silken curls

35. Were floating round the tassels as they swayed
To the admitted air, as glossy now,

As when, in hours of gentle dalliance, bathing
The snowy fingers of Judea's girls.

His helm was at his feet: his banner', soiled
40. With trailing through Jerusalem', was laid,
Reversed', beside him: and the jeweled hilt',
Whose diamonds lit the passage of his blade',
Rested, like mockery', on his covered brow'.
The soldiers of the king trod to and fro,
45. Clad in the garb of battle; and their chief,
The mighty Joab, stood beside the bier,
And gazed upon the dark pall steadfastly,
As if he feared the slumberer might stir.
A slow step startled him. He grasped his blade
50. As if a trumpet rang; but the bent form
Of David entered, and he gave command,

In a low tone, to his few followers,

Who left him with his dead. The king stood still
Till the last echo died: then, throw ng off

55. The sackcloth from his brow, and laying back
The pall from the still features of his child,
He bowed his head upon him, and broke forth
In the resistless eloquence of woe:

1. "Alas! my noble boy, that thou shouldst die!
Thou, who wert made so beautifully fair!
That death should settle in thy glorious eye,
And leave his stillness in this clustering hair!
How could he mark thee for the silent tomb,
My proud boy, Absalom!

2. "Cold is thy brow, my son, and I am chill,
As to my bosom I have tried to press thee.
How was I wont to feel my pulses thrill,

Like a rich harp string, yearning to caress thee, And hear thy sweet "my father" from these dumb And cold lips, Absalom!

3. "The grave hath won thee. I shall hear the gush Of music, and the voices of the young:

And life will pass me in the mantling blush,
And the dark tresses to the soft winds flung,
But thou no more, with thy sweet voice, shalt come
To meet me, Absalom!

4. "And, oh! when I am stricken, and my heart,
Like a bruised reed, is waiting to be broken,
How will its love for thee, as I depart,

Yearn for thine ear to drink its last deep token! It were so sweet, amid death's gathering gloom, To see thee, Absalom!

5. "And now, farewell! 'Tis hard to give thee up, With death, so like a gentle slumber, on thee: And thy dark sin! Oh! I could drink the

cup,

If from this woe its bitterness had won thee.
May God have called thee, like a wanderer, home,
My erring Absalom!"

He covered up his face, and bowed himself
A moment on his child: then, giving him
A look of melting tenderness, he clasped
His hand convulsively, as if in prayer,
And, as a strength were given him of God,
He rose up calmly, and composed the pall
Firmly and decently, and left him there,
As if his rest had been a breathing sleep.

WILLIS

QUESTIONS.- What had Absalom done to wring the heart of his father? What was the manner of his death? Specify some of the poetic beauties of this piece.

ARTICULATION.

Bared his, not bare dis: bow'd his, not bow dis: words of, not wor dsof: and his voice went up, not an dis voi swen tup: garb of, not gar bof.

SPELL AND DEFINE.-7. Mourning: 14. utterance: 16. mockery: 22. misguided: 33. matchless: 35. tassels: 42. diamonds: 47. steadfastly: 54. echo:-1. clustering: 2. yearning: 3. tresses: 5. slumber, bitterness, wanderer, erring, convulsively.

RULE.

LESSON XXXIII.

- Let every pupil notice, as each one reads, when the final conso

nant of any word is joined to the vowel of the next word.

Words to be Spelled and Defined.

2. Ad-vent'-ur-ers, n. those who attempt 3. Sig'-nal-i-zed, v. made remarkable. difficult enterprises.

Sum'-ma-ry, a. short, brief.

De-tach'-ment, n. a party sent off from the main body.

SPEECH OF LOGAN, CHIEF OF THE MINGOES.

1. I MAY challenge the whole of the orations of Demosthenes and Cicero, and, indeed, of any more eminent orators, if Europe, or the world, has furnished more eminent, to produce a single passage superior to the speech of Logan, a Mingo chief, delivered to Lord Dunmore, when governor of Virginia. As a testimony of Indian talents in this line, I beg leave to introduce it, by first stating the incidents necessary for understanding it.

2. In the spring of the year 1774, a robbery was committed by some Indians upon certain land adventurers on the Ohio river. The whites in that quarter, according to their custom, undertook to punish this outrage in a summary way. Captain Michael Cresap, and one Daniel Greathouse, leading on these parties, surprised, at different times, traveling and hunting parties of the Indians, who had their women and children with them, and murdered many. Among these, were unfortunately the family of Logan, a chief celebrated in peace and war, and long distinguished as the friend of the whites.

3. This unworthy return provoked his vengeance. He accordingly signalized himself in the war which ensued. In the autumn of the same year a decisive battle was fought at the mouth of the Great Kanhawa, between the collected forces of the Shawnees, the Mingoes, and the Delawares, and a detachment of the Virginia militia. The Indians were defeated, and sued for peace. Logan, however, disdained to be seen among the suppliants: but, lest the sincerity of a treaty, from which so distinguished a chief absented himself, should be distrusted, he sent, by a messenger, the following speech to be delivered to Lord

Dunmore.

4. "I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said 'Logan is the friend of the white men.' I had even thought to live with you, but for the injuries of one man. Colonel Cresap, last spring, in cold blood, and unprovoked, murdered all the relatives of Logan, not sparing even my women and children. There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it. I have killed many. I have fully glutted my vengeance. For my country, I rejoice at the beams of peace: but do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear. Logan never felt fear. He will not turn on his heel to save his life. Who is there to mourn for Logan? Not one."

JEFFERSON.

QUESTIONS.-Who was Demosthenes? Cicero ? When was Dunmore, Governor of Virginia? Who undertook to punish the Indians? Whose family were killed? Where was a decisive battle fought? Where does the Kanhawa rise? Why did not Logan appear among the suppliants?

Parse" stating" in the 1st paragraph. Parse "spring" in the 4th paragraph. Parse "sparing" and "one" in the same paragraph.

ARTICULATION.- Whole of, not who lof: and indeed, not an dindeed eminent orators, not eminen torators: talents in, not talen tsin: celebrated in peace and war, not celebraty din pea san dwar.

SPELL AND DEFINE. — 1. Challenge, testimony, incidents: 2. outrage, unfortunately, distinguished: 3. decisive, suppliants, sincerity 4. advocate, unprovoked, relatives, glutted, vengeance, harbor.

LESSON XXXIV.

RULE. Sound the vowels correctly and very full, prolonging the sounds of those that are italicized in the following word, and practicing the exercise repeatedly: age, a-we, a-rm, o-ld, o-ur, ee-l, bu-oy, i-sle.

CHARLES II AND WILLIAM PENN.

King Charles. WELL, friend William'! I have sold you a noble province in North America; but still, I suppose you have no thoughts of going thither yourself.

Penn. Yes, I have, I assure thee, friend Charles; and I am just come to bid thee farewell.

K. C. What'! venture yourself among the savages of North America'! Why', man', what security have you that you will not be in their war kettle in two hours after setting foot on their shores?

I have no idea of any regiment of gooi solAnd mind', I tell you for you and your fam

P. The best security in the world. K. C. I doubt that, friend William; security, against those cannibals, but in diers, with their muskets and bayonets. before hand', that, with all my good will ily, to whom I am under obligations, I will not send a single soldier with you.

P. I want none of thy soldiers, Charles: I depend on something better than thy soldiers.

K. C. Ah'! what may that be?

P. Why, I depend upon themselves'; on the working of their own hearts'; on their notions of justice'; on their moral sense.

K. C. A fine thing, this same moral sense, no doubt; but I fear you will not find much of it among the Indians of North America.

P. And why not among them, as well as others?

K. C. Because if they had possessed any, they would not have treated my subjects so barbarously as they have done.