reign pri'vate

sta'tion

buoy

va'por

north'ern

gleam

pau'per

no'bod y

ag'ile

beck'on

cun'ning ly

with'er

with'ered

shepherd

haw'thorn

dale

la'zi ness
o ver take'

6

The king reigns.

"The post of honor is the private

station."

Buoys warn sailors of danger.
"No clouds are in the morning sky,

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The vapors hug the stream;
Who says that life and love can die

In all this northern gleam?"
He's only a pauper whom nobody owns."
The monkey is an agile animal.

7

"Time did beckon to the flowers, and
they

By noon most cunningly did steal away
And withered in my hand."

"And every shepherd tells his tale
Under the hawthorn in the dale."
"Laziness travels so slowly that poverty
overtakes him."

The approach to the house is by a gentle

flu'id

noise'less

mem'o ry

clad

va'cant

cre ate' scan'dal

gos'sip

ed'u cate

gas'es

8

"It takes two to create a scandal, one gossip to tell it, and one to listen to it."

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Every man must educate himself." All liquids, air, and all gases are called fluids, because they flow.

"With noiseless step, sweet memory

comes."

"Spring has clad the grove in green." The house is vacant at present.

to bac'co

car'ry ing

taint

bel'low

ve'hi cle

heav'y heav'i ly

qui'et ly a mid'

lean

spur

"Evil company is like tobacco smoke -you cannot be long in its presence without carrying away its taint." Do you hear the cattle bellow?

"Our minds are like certain vehicles, -when they have little to carry, they make much noise about it; but when heavily loaded, they run quietly."

“I lie amid the goldenrod,

I love to see it lean and nod."
"Never spur a willing horse."

an'them

tan'gle tan'gled de ceive'

gild

dis grace' re tire'

hov'el

gait un'ion

im pel'

im pelled'

se lect'

cas'ket

can'ter

health

wealth

knit

al'to

inn

"The sounding aisles of the dim

woods rang,

To the anthem of the free." "Oh, what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive." "A sunny temper gilds the edges of life's blackest clouds.”

In disgrace, the thief retires to his hovel, to die.

The horse moves at a slow gait.
"In union, there is strength."

12

"I feel impelled to select a few of the little gems from this casket of song."

It is a pleasure to ride a horse that

canters.

Health is better than wealth.

My aunt will knit a mitten.

The lady in the choir sings alto.

“For in the inn, there was no better room."

nat'u ral

cas cade'

bee'hive

soothe

man'tle

bel'lows

forge fam'ine

gaunt

rank

state

wood'land

rud'dy

am'ber

com pel'

com pelled'

flor'ist

ex pend' slug'gard con sid'er

13

"They fall like a natural cascade from rock to rock."

"Mine be a cot beside the hill,
A beehive's hum shall soothe my ear."
"Now Nature hangs her mantle green
On every blooming tree."

"I blow the bellows, I forge the steel
In all the shapes of trade."
"Famine comes like a gaunt wolf."

14

"It is not birth, nor rank, nor state, But get-up-and-get that makes men great."

"On woodlands ruddy with autumn, the sunshine lies."

The florist is compelled to expend several hundred dollars to repair the damage done by the storm.

"Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise."

lux'u ry cor'o net

cul'ti vate

cher'ish

ha'tred

splen'dor

gar'ment

boss

tramp

15

"Learn the luxury of doing good.' "Kind hearts are more than coronets." "Great men cultivate love; only little men cherish a spirit of hatred."

"And the maize field grew and ripened Till it stood in all the splendor Of its garment green and yellow." "There isn't any such thing as being your own boss unless you're a tramp, and

con'sta ble then there's the constable."

strength'en

"He that wrestles with us strength

wres'tle ens our nerves and sharpens our

sig'nal

height

at tain'

at tained'

com pan'ion 'ward

signal.

"The heights by great men reached and kept

Were not attained by sudden flight; But they, while their companions

slept,

Were toiling upward in the night.”