Hush lightly tread! still tranquilly she sleeps;
I've watched, suspending e'en my breath, in fear
To break the heavenly spell. (pp.) Move silently.
Can it be?

Matter immortal? and shall spirit die?
Above the nobler, shall less nobler rise?
Shall man alone, for whom all else revives,
No resurrection know? (°<) Shall man alone,
Imperial man! be sown in barren ground,
Less privileged than grain, on which he feeds?

Away! away to the mountain's brow,
Where the trees are gently waving;
Away! away to the vale below,

Where the streams are gently laving.

An hour passed on ;-the Turk awoke ;

That bright dream was his last ;

He woke to hear his sentry's shriek,

YOUNG.

"TO ARMS! they come! (f.) THE GREEK! THE GREEK!"
He woke to die, midst flame and smoke,
And shout, and groan, and saber-stroke,

And death-shots falling thick and fast
As lightnings from the mountain cloud;
And heard, with voice as trumpet loud,
Bozzaris cheer his band;-

"Strike-till the last armed foe expires!
Strike-for your altars and your fires!
Strike-for the green graves of your sires!
God, and your native land!"

HALLECK.

He said, and on the rampart hights arrayed
His trusty warriors, few, but undismayed;
Firm-paced and slow, a horrid front they form,
Still as the breeze, (。。) but dreadful as the storm!
Low, murmuring sounds along their banners fly,
REVENGE, OF DEATH!-the watchword and reply;
Then pealed the notes, omnipotent to charm,
And the loud tocsin tolled their last alarm!

CAMPBELL.

Sometimes his

(2) His speech was at first low-toned and slow. voice would deepen, (oo) like the sound of distant thunder; and anon, (") his flashes of wit and enthusiasm would light up the anxious faces of his hearers, like the far-off lightning of a coming storm.

(>) (p.)

Receding now, the dying numbers ring

Fainter and fainter, down the rugged dell:

(pp.)

(=)

(f.)

(2:)

(pl.)

And now-'tis silent all-enchantress, fare thee well.

Oh, joy to the world! the hour is come,
When the nations to freedom awake,
When the royalists stand agape and dumb,
And monarchs with terror shake!
Over the walls of majesty,

"Upharsin" is writ in words of fire,

And the eyes of the bondmen, wherever they be,
Are lit with their wild desire.

Soon, soon shall the thrones that blot the world,
Like the Orleans, into the dust be hurl'd,
And the world roll on, like a hurricane's breath,
Till the farthest nation hears what it saith,-

"ARISE! ARISE! BE FREE!"

Tread softly-bow the head,

In reverent silence bow,

No passing bell doth toll,—

Yet an immortal soul

Is passing now.

T. B. READ.

MRS. SOUTHEY.

(9) SPEAK OUT, my friends; would you exchange it for the DEMON's DRINK, (f) ALCOHOL? A shout, like the roar of a tempest, answered, ( NO!

(sl.) At length, o'er Columbus slow consciousness breaks,

(0°)

CAMPBELL.

"LAND! LAND!" cry the sailors; (f) "LAND! LAND!"-he

awakes,

(") He runs,-yes! behold it! it blesseth his sight!

THE LAND! O, dear spectacle! transport! delight!

SECTION V.

THE RHETORICAL PAUSE.

RHETORICAL PAUSES are those which are frequently required by the voice in reading and speaking, although the construction of the passage admits of no grammatical pause.

These pauses are as manifest to the ear, as those which are made by the comma, semicolon, or other grammatical pauses, though not commonly denoted in like manner by any visible sign. In the following examples they are denoted thus, ().

EXAMPLES.

1.

2.

In slumbers of midnight || the sailor-boy lay,

His hammock swung loose || at the sport of the wind;
But watch-worn and weary,|| his cares flew away,
And visions of happiness || danced o'er his mind.

There is a land,|| of every land the pride,
Beloved of heaven || o'er all the world beside;
Where brighter suns || dispense serener light,
And milder moons || imparadise the night.
O, thou shalt find,|| howe'er thy footsteps roam,

That land thy country,|| and that spot thy home!

DIMOND.

This pause is generally made before or after the utterance of some important word or clause, on which it is especially desired to fix the attention. In such cases it is usually denoted by the use of the dash

-).

EXAMPLES.

1. God said "Let there be light!"

2.

All dead and silent was the earth,

In deepest night it lay;

The Eternal spoke creation's word,

And called to being-Day!

No definite rule can be given with reference to the length of the rhetorical, or grammatical pause. The correct taste of the reader or speaker must determine it. For the voice should sometimes be suspended much longer at the same pause in one situation than in another; as in the two following

EXAMPLES.

LONG PAUSE.

Pause a moment. I heard a footstep.

Listen now. I heard it

again; but it is going from us. It sounds fainter,-still fainter. It is gone.

SHORT PAUSE.

There

John, be quick. Get some water. Throw the powder overboard. "It can not be reached." Jump into the boat, then. Shove off. goes the powder. Thank Heaven. We are safe.

REMARKS TO TEACHERS.

It is of the utmost importance, in order to secure an easy and elegant style in reading, to refer the pupil often to the more important principles involved in a just elocution. To this end, it will be found very advantageous, occasionally to review the rules and directions given in the preceding pages, and thus early accustom him to apply them in the subsequent reading lessons. For a wider range of examples and illustrations, it is only necessary to refer to the numerous and various exercises which form the body of this book. They have been selected, in many cases, with a special view to this object.

- VI' A DUCT, (VIA, a way; DUCT, lead;) a structure, usually of masonry, for carrying a railway across a valley or river; a bridge.

REV. NEWMAN HALL.

JHE DIGNITY OF LABOR! Consider its achievements! Dismayed by no difficulty, shrinking from no exertion, exhausted by no struggle, ever eager for renewed efforts in its persevering promotion of human happiness, "clamorous Labor knocks with its hundred hands at the golden gate of the morning," obtaining each day, through succeeding centuries, fresh benefactions for the world!

La

2. Labor clears the forest, and drains the morăss, and makes the wilderness rejoice and blossom as the rose. bor drives the plow, scatters the seed, reaps the harvest, grinds the corn, and converts it into bread, the staff of life. Labor, tending the pastures, as well as cultivating the soil, provides with daily sustenance the one thousand millions of the family of man.

3. Labor gathers the gossamer web of the caterpillar, the cotton from the field, and the fleece from the flock, and weaves them into raiment, soft, and warm, and beautiful, the purple robe of the prince, and the gray gown