LESSON CXXIV.

SPELL AND DEFINE-1. GLAZ' ED, shiny; glossy. 2. BEA' GLE, a mall hound, or hunting dog. 3. SCOURG ED, lashed; whipped severely. 4. ROUT' ED, put to flight in disorder. 5. QUELL' ING, subluing.

Articulate distinctly sts in hosts, ffs in cliffs, sw in sword, &c.

DEATH OF NAPOLEON.

ISAAC M'LELLAN.

The 5th of May came amid wind and rain. Napoleon's passing spirit was deliriously engaged in a strife more terrible than the elements around. The words "téte d'armeé, (head of the army,) the last which escaped from his lips, intimated that his thoughts were watching the current of a heavy fight. About eleven minutes before six in the evening, Napoleon expired.—Scott's Life of Napoleon.

1. (0) Wild was the night; yet a wilder night
Hung round the soldier's pillow;

In his bosom there waged a fiercer fight
Than the fight on the wrathful billow.

2. (pl) A few fond mourners were kneeling by,
The few that his stern heart cherished;
They knew, by his glazed and unearthly eye,
That life had nearly perished.

2. They knew by his awful and kingly look,
By the order hastily spoken,

That he dreamed of days when the nations shook,
And the nations' hosts were broken.

4. He dreamed that the Frenchman's sword still slew,
And triumphed the Frenchman's "eagle";
And the struggling Austrian fled anew,
Like the hare before the beagle.

5. The bearded Russian he scourged again,
The Prussian's camp was routed,
And again, on the hills of haughty Spain,
His mighty armies shouted.

6 Over Egypt's sands, over Alpine snows,
At the pyramids, at the mountain,
Where the wave of the lordly Danube flows,
And by the Italian fountain.

7. On the snowy cliffs, where mountain-streams
Dash by the Switzer's dwelling,
He led again, in his dying dreams,
His hosts, the broad earth quelling.

8. Again Marengo's field was won,
And Jena's bloody battle;
Again the world was overrun,

Made pale at his cannon's rattle.

9. (8) He died at the close of that darksome day,
A day that shall live in story:

In the rocky land they placed his clay,
"And left him ālōne with his glory."

QUESTIONS.-1. When and how did Napoleon die? (See note p. 268.) 2. Who were present? 3. What place is intended by the phrase, "the rocky land"!

With what modulations should this piece be read? Who is the author of the quotation, last line

LESSON CXXV.

SPELL AND DEFINE.-1. SUR' LY, rough; tempestuous. 2. FUR'ROW ED, wrinkled. 3. REV' ER END, venerable; deserving reverence. 4. CON STRAIN', confine; bind. 5. LORD' LING, a little or petty lord. 6. LI CEN' TIOUS, wanton; unrestrained.. 7. FA' VOR ITES, persons regarded with peculiar favor. 8. CA RESS' ED, treated with tenderness. 9. A DORN', decorate; embellish. 10. PE TITION, request; entreaty. 11. OP PRESS' ED, burdened; ill-treated 12 REO OM PENSE, reward; compensation.

MAN WAS MADE TO MOURN.

1. When chill November's surly blast
Made fields and forests bare,
One evening, as I wandered forth
Along the banks of Ayr,

I spied a man, whose aged step
Seemed weary, worn with care;

ROBERT BURNS.

His face was furrowed o'er with years.
And hoary was his hair.

2. "Young stranger, whither wanderest thou?" Began the reverend sage;

"Dost thirst of wealth thy step constrain?
Or youthful pleasure's rage?

Or haply, pressed with cares and woes,
Too soon thou hast began,

To wander forth, with me, to mourn
The miseries of man!

3 "The sun that overhangs yon moors,
Outspreading far and wide,
Where hundreds labor to support
A haughty lordling's pride,-
I've seen yon weary winter's sun
Twice forty times return;
And every time has added proofs,
That man was made to mourn.

4. "O man! while in thy early years,
How prodigal of time!

Misspending all thy precious hours,
Thy glorious, youthful prime!
Alternate follies take the sway;
Licentious passions burn;

Which tenfold force gives Nature's law
That man was made to mourn.

5. Look not alone on youthful prime,
Or manhood's active might;
Man then is useful to his kind,
Supported in his right.

But see him on the edge of life,

With cares and sorrows worn,

Then age and want,-O, ill-matched pair!-
Show inan was made to mourn.

6 "A few seem favorites of fate,
In pleasure's lap caressed;
Yet think not all the rich and great
Are likewise truly blessed.
But, O, what crowds in every land,
All wretched and forlorn!

Through weary life this lesson learn,
That man was made to mourn.

7. "Many and sharp the numerous ills
Inwoven with our frame!

More pointed still we make ourselves
Regret, remorse, and shame!
And man, whose heaven-erected face
The smiles of love adorn,
Man's inhumanity to man

Makes countless thousands mourn.

8. "See yonder poor, o'erlabored wight,
So abject, mean, and vile,
Who begs a brother of the earth
To give him leave to toil :
And see, his lordly fellow-worm
The poor petition spurn,
Unmindful, though a weeping wife
And helpless offspring mourn.

9. "If I'm designed yon lordling's slave,-
By Nature's law designed,-
Why was an independent wish
E'er planted in my mind?
If not, why am I subject to
His cruelty or scorn?

Or why has man the will and power
To make his fellow mourn?

10. "Yet let not this too much, my son,
Disturb thy youthful breast:

This partial view of human kind
Is surely not the best!

The

poor, oppressed, honest man,
Had never, sure, been born,

Had there not been some recomper.se
To comfort those that mourn.

11. "O death! the poor man's dearest friend, The kindest and the best!

Welcome the hour my aged limbs
Are laid with thee at rest.

The great, the wealthy, fear thy blow,
From pomp and pleasure torn;
But, O, a blest relief to those

That, weary-laden, mourn !"

QUESTIONS.-1. Whom did the writer meet on the banks of Ayr 2. In what part of Scotland is the river Ayr? 3. What questions is the old man represented as asking? 4. What had twice forty returns of the sun convinced him of? 5. What does he say of man in early life? 6. What do age and poverty combine to show? 7 What is said of the favorites of fate? 8. What do we make to our selves? 9. What does “man's inhumanity to man" do? 10. What petition of the poor man is often rejected with scorn? 11. What questions are asked in the 9th stanza? 12. What advice is given in the 10th stanza? 13. What is termed the poor man's dearest friend!

LESSON CXXVI.

SPELL AND DEFINE-1. UN DIS TRACT ED, undisturbed. 2. PROMIS' CU OUS, mingled; varied; confused. 3. PoP' U LACE, people; the multitude. 4. DE VEL' OP, unfold; bring out. 5. TUR' MOIL, uproar; confusion. 6. MILL ION AIRE', a man worth a million. 7. E LIO' ITS, draws out. 8. SE CLU' SION, separation; retirement.

The following Debate is chiefly designed for school exhibitions and examinations. It may, on such occasions, be either read or spoken the President and the several speakers being duly arranged for the purpose. It will not only form an agreeable exercise for pupils, but serve well also the purpose of awakening and sustaining the interest of an audience. It will, withal, be found, not a little instructive, especially the speech of the President; which forcibly teaches the leading requisites of an orderly discussion.

DEBATE.

FROM THE AMERICAN DEBATER.

Which is preferable, city or country life?

FIRST SPEAKER.

1. MR. PRESIDENT:-The question which we are now about to discuss,-"Which is preferable, city or country life?"-though apparently simple, is far from being devoid of difficulties. I have no hesitation, however, in declaring my preference for the country, though I deeply regret, that the limits, to which I am