50. America has furnished to the world the charac

ter of Washington.

51. Along the bridge Lord Marmion rode;
Proudly his red-roan charger trode.

52. The sunset smouldered as we drove
Beneath the deep hill-shadows.
53. The silent snow possessed the earth
And calmly fell our Christmas-eve.
54. His flaxen hair of sunny hue

Curled closely round his bonnet blue.
55. She went by dale and she went by down
With a single rose in her hair.

56. They shook the depths of the desert gloom
With their hymns of lofty cheer.
57. Behind the cloud the starlight lurks,
Through showers the sunbeams fall.
58. Hither the busy birds shall flutter
With the light timber for their nests.
59. Fell here and there through the branches a
tremulous gleam of the moonlight.
60. Like the swell of some sweet tune,

Morning rises into noon,

May glides onward into June.

61. Above in the light

Of the starlit night

Swift birds of passage wing their flight
Through the dewy atmosphere.

62. Up the beach the ocean slideth
With a whisper of delight,

And the moon in silence glideth

Through the peaceful blue of night.

63. The sky was blue and cloudless, and the sliding surface of the river held up, in smooth places,

a mirror to the heaven and the shores.

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64. In fancy I can hear again

The Alpine torrent's roar,

The mule-bells on the hills of Spain,
The sea at Elsinore.

65. The clouds in bars of rusty red
Along the hill-tops glow,

And in the still, sharp air the frost
Is like a dream of snow.

66. Her presence freshens the air,

Sunshine steals light from her face,
The leaden footstep of care

Leaps to the tune of her

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67. Clearly the blue river chimes in its flowing

Under my eye;

Warmly and broadly the south winds are blowing
Over the sky.

68. From a radiant centre, over the whole length
and breadth of the tranquil firmament, great
shoots of light streamed among the early

stars.

69. The snow-plumed angel of the North
Has dropped his icy spear;

Again the mossy earth looks forth,
Again the streams rush clear.

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70. The breaking waves dashed high
On a stern and rock-bound coast,
And the woods against a stormy sky
Their giant branches tossed.

71. The melody of waters filled

The fresh and boundless wood;
And torrents dashed and rivulets played,
And fountains spouted in the shade.

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72. In the second century of the Christian Era, the empire of Rome comprehended the fairest

part of the earth and the most civilized portion of mankind.

73. Hedge-crickets sing, and now with treble soft The red-breast whistles from a garden croft, And gathering swallows twitter in the skies. 74. The appearance of Rip, with his long, grizzled beard, his rusty fowling-piece, his uncouth

dress, and an army of women and children at
his heels, soon attracted the attention of the
tavern politicians.

75. The wild rose, eglantine, and broom
Wasted around their rich perfume.
The birch trees wept in fragrant balm;
The aspens slept beneath the calm;
The silver light, with quivering glance,
Played on the water's still expanse.

SUPPLEMENT

If you look again carefully at the subjects and objects you have studied, you will see that the object of a verb is a different person or thing from the subject; as, for example, in the sentence,

The velvet scabbard held a sword of steel,

"sword," the object of the verb "held,” is a different thing from "scabbard," the subject of the verb. But sometimes a noun follows a stating verb, and means the same person or thing as the subject; as, Fair play is a jewel.

Such a noun is called a Supplement to the verb. 1. The supplement is a noun, or some word or words used as a noun.

2. It is used after the verb in the position of an object.

3. It differs from the object, because it is the same person or thing as the subject, while the object is a different person or thing from the subject.

EXERCISE II

SUPPLEMENT

1. Bread is the staff of life.
2. Flowers are the poetry of earth.
3. A good conscience is a soft pillow.
4. Hunger is the best sauce.

5. Procrastination is the thief of time.
6. Necessity is the mother of invention.
7. Hunger is a fierce dog.

8. Order is heaven's first law.

9. Diligence is the mother of good luck.

10. Brutus is an honorable man.

11. I was a Viking old!

12. Boston State-house is the hub of the solar

system.

13. Facts are stubborn things.

14. The bully is always a coward.

15. One man's meat is another man's poison.

16. Every man is the architect of his own fortune. 17. Truth is truth to the end of reckoning.

18. Mine honor is my life.

19. Great truths are portions of the soul of man.

20. Progress is the law of life.

21. Anger is a short madness. 22. Flattery is the food of fools.

23. Afflictions are blessings in disguise.

24. A thing of beauty is a joy forever.