Then, as they could not feed upon gold and Phipps resolved to return to England, where 1 received with great joy by the Duke of Albemar other English lords who had fitted out the vessel

19. The captain's share was enough to mak comfortable for the rest of his days. It also e him to fulfill his promise to his wife, by build "fair brick house" in the Green Lane of Boston.

20. Before Captain Phipps left London, King made him a knight; so that, instead of the o ship carpenter who had formerly dwelt among the inhabitants of Boston welcomed him on his as the rich and famous Sir William Phipps.

HEADS FOR COMPOSITION.

I. HERO OF THE NARRATIVE: where and when William was born - his boyhood - becomes a ship carpenter-h riage his varied fortunes.

II. FIRST SEA ADVENTURES: when he hears of the ca ship-his visit to the spot-what he hears of his de ation.

III. THE NEW SEARCH: Phipps's visit to London-hi to the king-the result- the cruise in the Rose Algie failure and mutiny-return to England.

IV. THE SUNKEN TREASURE: what Phipps learned fro old Spaniard-by whom the new ship was fitted outat Porto Plata the boat-the Indian divers-failure.

the Indian diver brought up—the search amid the wreck of the Spanish galleon-the treasure brought up-value of the recovered treasure.

VI. AFTER-CAREER OF PHIPPS: return to England-his reception-share of the spoil-the fair brick house-his knighthood.

4. The Children's Hour.

ban-dĭt'tă (plural of Italian ban- | low'er, descend darkly.

ditto), bandits, outlaws.

fast, secure, safe.

sealed, climbed over.
tur'ret, tower of a castle.

PREPARATORY NOTES.

This is one of the sweet poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882), one of the four classic American poets of the first rank; the three others being Whittier, Bryant, and Lowell. Mr. Longfellow's poetry has been described as like "a walk in the open air on a Sabbath morning."

(3) Allegra (al-la/gra): feminine form of Italian allegro, mirth, cheerfulness. (7) Bishop of Bingen... Mouse Tower: refers to a legend of the German Bishop Hatto. He was said to have stored away great quantities of grain in a tower on an island in the Rhine, at a time of famine, in order to get high prices for it from the people. Compelled by the popular fury to take refuge in this very tower, it is said that while there shut up he was devoured by the swarms of mice that had been attracted thither by the stores of grain he had accumulated. — (8) "old mustache" (French vieux moustache), a veteran, — hence, an experienced old fellow.—(9) dungeon (or donjon), that part of the tower or keep of an ancient castle in which prisoners were confined.

1. Between the dark and the daylight,

When the night is beginning to lower,
Comes a pause in the day's occupations
That is known as the Children's Hour,

4. A whisper, and then a silence;
Yet I know by their merry eyes
They are plotting and planning together
To take me by surprise.

me

pened,

amplight,

air,

gra,

yes together

FIFTH READER.

8. Do you think, O blue-eyed banditti,
Because you have scaled the wall,
Such an "old mustache" as I am
Is not a match for you all?

9. I have you fast in my fortress,
And will not let you depart,
But put you down into the dungeon
In the round tower of my heart.
10. And there will I keep you forever,
Yes, forever and a day,

Till the walls shall crumble to ruin,
And molder in dust away!

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y,

chair: me;

es,

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ne!

LANGUAGE STUDY.

1. Write the analysis of: occupation (capere); surprise ( prehendere). What two lines (1) mean twilight? Give synonyms of "descending (3); "grave" (3); "enter" (5). What is meant by "forever and a day"? (10)

II. Of what verb are "patter," "sound," and "voices" (2) the objects? What two adverbial phrases modify "see"? (3) What three propositions are involved in stanza 6? What kind of sentence is "If I try to escape they surround me"? (6) What kind of sentence is

stanza 9?

III. Copy the verse expressing the thought, "In the chamber above me I hear the patter of little feet, the sound of an opened door, and soft, sweet voices."

Note that in stanza 5 the poet begins the fine image of an assault on a castle, which is carried out in the remainder of the poem. In this image the poet uses a series of metaphors (see Definition 3, p. 30), as "castle wall," "turret," etc. Point out other expressions used in developing this fine figure.

Express in your own words the meaning of stanza 10.

tween.

en-ǎet'ed, performed.

unpolished.

viş'ion, sight.

strue'tūre, make, mode of putting together.

dis-erim'i-nāte, distinguish be- un-kempt' (lit. uncombed), rustic,

ģē-o-lõģ ́ie-al, pertaining to the zenith, point of the heavens distructure of the earth. rectly overhead.

PREPARATORY NOTES.

'Sharp Eyes" is an extract from "Locusts and Wild Honey," by John Burroughs (b. 1837), one of the small class of poet naturalists who combine keen insight into nature with the power of clothing their impressions in forms of literary art.

(3) Gilbert White (1720-1793) was the author of a famous book called "The Natural History of Selborne" (England), in which he notes many curious and original observations on the birds and beasts of the district in which he lived. He had eminently the gift of sharp eyes. - (3) Henry David Thoreau (thō'rō), a native of Concord, Mass. (1817-1862), was a man of subtile genius, whose relations with external nature were peculiarly sympathetic. He was the author of “Walden,” "A Week on the Concord and Merrimac Rivers," etc. Both Thoreau and Gilbert White belonged to the already named class of poet naturalists. (3) John James Audubon (qu'du-bon) (1780-1851) was famous for his great work on the "Birds of North America."— (8) rank and file: the "common run," the general mass.

1. I have often amused myself by wondering what the effect would be, if one could go on opening eye after eye, to the number, say, of a dozen or more.

2. What would he see? Perhaps not the invisible,