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With the lyre and the wreath and the joyous lay,
Come forth to the sunshine,-I may not stay.

[The same as before.]
SPRING.-Bryant.

There's a dance of leaves in that aspen bower,

There's a titter of winds in that beechen tree,
There's a smile on the fruit, and a smile on the flower
And a laugh from the brook that runs to the sea!

2. The MEDIAN is generally expulsive, and swells out towards the middle of a sound, and vanishes towards the close.

Examples.

[Effusive Utterance, Pure Tone, Middle Key.]

DEATH OF THE GOOD MAN.-Bryant.

Why weep ye, then, for him, who, having won
The bound of man's appointed years,―at last,
Life's blessings all enjoyed, life's labors done,
Serenely to his final rest has passed;
While the soft memory of his virtues, yet,

Lingers like twilight hues, when the bright sun is set ?

His youth was innocent; his riper age,

Marked with some act of goodness, every day;

And, watched by eyes that loved him, calm and sage
Faded his late declining years away.

Cheerful he gave his being up, and went

To share the holy rest that waits a life well spent,

[Expulsive Utterance, Pure Tone, Middle Key.]

PLEASURES OF THE NATURALIST.-Wood.

Whether the naturalist be at home or abroad, in every different clime, and in every season of the year, universal nature is before him, and invites to a banquet richly replenished with whatever can invigorate his understanding, or gratify his mental taste. The earth on which he treads, the air in which he moves, the sea along the margin of which he walks, all teem with objects that keep his attention perpetually awake, excite him to healthful activity, and charm him with an ever-varying succession of the beautiful, the wonderful, the useful, and the new.

3. The INCREASING, effusive at first, increases till the last moment of the sound, and ends with the explosive.

Examples.

[Aspirated Quality, Low Key.]

KING HENRY V. TO LORD SCROOP, on the DETECTION OF HIS TREASON.

Shakspeare.

But oh!

What shall I say to thee, Lord Scroop, thou cruel

Ungrateful, savage, and inhuman creature!
Thou that didst bear the keys of all my counsels,
That knew'st the very bottom of my soul,

That almost might'st have coined me into gold,
Wouldst thou have practised on me for thy use?

[Aspirated and guttural Quality, Middle Key.]

QUEEN CONSTANCE, TO THE ARCHDUKE OF AUSTRIA.-Shakspeare. Thou slave! thou wretch! thou coward!

Thou little valiant, great in villany!

Thou ever strong upon the stronger side!

Thou Fortune's champion, that dost never fight
But when her humorous ladyship is by

To teach thee safety !

RATE.

Rate must necessarily vary with the nature of the thought, and the emotion. It has been observed that the tendency of American orators is, to undue rapidity. The Rate should not be so slow that the Audience may anticipate what we are about to say; and (as good Articulation is one of the most necessary requisites of a good orator) it should not be so fast, that the Articulation is rendered indistinct. Generally Slow Rate should be practiced. Because in speaking thus, an orator has the air of self-possession,-can Articulate distinctly, and has, in reserve, the power to increase the Rate, where the nature of the sentence may absolutely demand it.

VII. DELIVERY.

All sentences are comprehended in three classes: the Declarative, the Interrogative, and the Exclamatory.

Declarative sentences state or declare something, of time past, present or future; affirmatively or negatively; as true or false; possible or impossible; &c.

Interrogative sentences are such as contain questions. Exclamatory sentences are such as are employed to express emotion or passion.

Rule 1.

DECLARATIVE.

Declarative sentences are delivered with the Bend at intermediate pauses, when life, cheerfulness, or joy is required, and the Partial Close, when sorrow, or great emphasis is required.

Examples.

1. He left his father's house' for the halls of the academy.

2. Fire of imagination,' strength of mind,' and firmness of soul,' are gifts of nature.

3. In man or woman,' but far most in man;'

And most of all' in man that ministers

And serves the altar,' in my soul I loathe'
All affectation.'

4. I protest against the measure, as cruel,' oppressive,' tyrannous, and vindictive'.

INTERROGATIVE.

Interrogative sentences are either Definite, Indefinite,

or Indirect.

DEFINITE.

The Definite are such as begin with verbs, and may answered by yes or no.

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Rule 2. Definite Interrogative Sentences are delivered with the Rising Slide ending only with the last word.

Examples.

1. Did not even-handed Justice, commend the poisoned chalice to

their own lips?

2. Is this a dagger which I see before me,

The handle toward my hand?

3. Should not merchants be prompt in paying their debts?

4. Do you hear the rain, Mr. Caudle?

5. Heard ye those loud contending waves,
That shook Cecropia's pillared state?
Saw ye the mighty from their graves,

Look up, and tremble at their fate?

6. Does prodigal autumn to our age deny

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The plenty that once swelled beneath his sober eye?

Will he quench the ray

Infused by his own forming smile at first,

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And leave a work so far all blighted and accursed?

8. Will a man play tricks, will he indulge

A silly, fond conceit of his fair form
And just proportion, fashionable mien,
And pretty face, in presence of his God?

9. Can we want obedience then

To him, or possibly his love desert,

Who formed us from the dust and placed us here,
Full to the utmost measure of what bliss
Human desires can seek or apprehend?

10. Canst thou with impious obloquy condemn
The just decree of God, pronounced and sworn,

That to his only Son, by right endued

With regal sceptre, every soul in heaven
Shall bend the knee, and in that honor due
Confess him rightful king?

11. Will then the merciful One, who stamped our race

With his own image, and who gave them sway
O'er earth, and the glad dwellers on her face,

Now that our flourishing nations far away

Are spread, where'er the moist earth drinks the day,
Forget the ancient care that taught and nursed
His latest offspring?

EXCEPTIONS TO RULE 2.

There are, however, no Exceptions, save for the sake of emphasis.

Exception 1. When the same Definite question is repeated, the repetition should be delivered with the Downward Slide.

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2. Do you hear the rain? Mr. Caudle. Do you hear the rain? 3. Has the gentleman done? Has he completely done?

Exception 2. A series of Definite Interrogatives should have the last member delivered with the Downward Slide.

Examples.

1. Do you know me, Sir? Am I Dromio?

Am I your man? Am I myself ?

2. Shy. Three thousand ducats: well.

Bass. Ay, Sir, for three months.

Shy. For three months; well.

Bass. For the which, I told you, Antonio shall be bound.

Shy. Antonio shall become bound; well.

Bass. May you stead me? Will you pleasure me?

Shall I know your answer?

INDEFINITE.

The Indefinite are such as begin with adverbs and relative pronouns, and cannot be answered by yes or no.

Rule 3. Indefinite Interrogative sentences are delivered with the Upper Emphatic sweep to the emphatic word, and the Downward Slide from it to the close.

Examples.

1. When may a man be said to be properly educated?

2. What advantages result from the possession of elegance, or delicacy of taste?

3. When was it that Rome attracted most strongly the admiration of

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