A welcome home and a warm embrace

From the love of his youth and his children. bright.

4. An agéd man in an old armchair;

A golden light from the western sky;
His wife by his side, with her silvered hair,
And the open Book of God close by.
Sweet on the bay the gloaming falls,

And bright is the glow of the evening star;
But dearer to them are the jasper walls
And the golden streets of the Land afar.

5. An old churchyard on a green hillside,
Two lying still in their peaceful rest;
The fishermen's boats going out with the tide
In the fiery glow of the amber west.
Children's laughter and old men's sighs,
The night that follows the morning clear,
A rainbow bridging our darkened skies,
Are the round of our lives from year to year!

LANGUAGE STUDY.

I. Write the analysis of: golden; breezy; sailor; peaceful. For what plain words are these poetical terms used: "strand" (1); "dell" (2); "yore" (2); "imps" (3); "rooftree" (3); gloaming" (4)?

II. Write the analysis of:

"Love is young, though love be old,

And love alone the heart can fill."

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III. Each of the five stanzas in this sweet poem forms a word picture: briefly describe in prose form each scene so that it could be painted.

an-tiç'i-pāt-ing, taking (into the | ea-reer', movement, course. mind) beforehand, expecting. eǎş'u-al-ty, accident, misfortune. an-tiç'i-pāt-ing, taking (po- knōll, hillock, hummock. sition) beforehand, forestalling.

un-im-pâired', unweakened.

1. The battle had been waged with very equal success for half an hour, the "Ins" having scored four games, and the "Outs" the same number. This result had rather surprised the bystanders, who were anticipating a decided superiority on the part of the "Outs," that side being the strongest and most experienced. Hope's play was generally thought to have caused this unlooked-for equality between the sides. He had certainly shown unusual energy and skill, and had repeatedly called forth shouts of applause from the spectators.

2. "They are a tie now," said one of the second-class boys, as he stood with his companions on the top of a small knoll in the playing fields, from which a full view of the scene of action might be obtained. "The 'Outs' had got three before, and now this is the third which our side has scored. How splendidly Norton and Hope are playing!"

3. "Tell us what has happened, Hooper: there's a good fellow."

"Well," said the boy addressed, "on the side of the 'Ins,' Norton has kicked one goal, and Hope two. On our side, Shaw, Brook, and Thorpe have kicked one

each. So far the game is a tie; but Thorpe just came down upon Mills with such an awful charge, that Mills was knocked head over heels, as if he had been turning a somersault. They have carried him off to the schoolroom; and I don't believe there is much chance of his coming right again before the end of the hour. So their side has only five to our six; and, besides, we have now scored one game in advance of them."

4. "What say you to that?" shouted Williams, a minute afterwards, as Norton, who had gained possession of the ball, carried it straight before him towards the enemy's goal, and, Brook throwing himself in his way, the two boys met in full career. The ball was driven "beyond bounds " of the outside goal, both champions falling prostrate to the ground. But the next moment Norton rose unimpaired, and continued his rush; while his antagonist, struggling to his feet by the help of his companions' hands, limped slowly towards the house. "What say you to that? Quits once more, I think, isn't it?"

5. The attention of the boys was speedily drawn to a new crisis in the game, which was now approaching its close. Two or three games had been won by both sides, the "Ins" having a lead or two. But another casualty had occurred to one of their party. Bloomfield had sprained his ankle in a fall over the ball, and was · obliged to retire from the contest. The "Outs" perceived their advantage, and pressed it vigorously; but were met with an equally vigorous resistance. Norton

stood before his goal, covered with dust, and repelled charge after charge with invincible pluck and vigor; while Hope, gallantly seconding him, repeatedly carried the ball almost to the goal of his opponents; the

superior numbers of the latter alone preventing his scoring the game.

6. The "Ins" contrived in this manner, by great exertions, to maintain the unequal contest for several minutes, until a new disaster turned the scale of battle wholly against them. Gaining possession of the ball for a moment, Morgan succeeded in kicking past Selby and Thorpe, and rushed forward in the hope of anticipating Shaw also. But the latter was the nearer of the two to the ball, as well as quicker of foot. He caught it in mid career with all the force of his kick, when he was within a few feet of his adversary; and the ball, striking Morgan full on the nose, instantly deluged his cheeks with blood, for the moment completely stunning him. Though sorely unwilling, he too was obliged to withdraw, and stanch his wounds. at the school pump.

7. And now the case of the "Ins" appeared desperate indeed. They could oppose three men only to the enemy's five; and these are odds which, in such a contest as this of the "Picked Sixes," it was impossible to maintain. It lacked, however, only eight minutes to the hour, when this last mischance occurred; and the "Ins" were still one game ahead.

8. After contriving to keep the "Outs" at bay, beyond all expectation, for several charges, the "Ins" were overpowered by numbers, and lost another game, thus reducing their score to a tie with that of their antagonists. "We won't give it up," said Norton to