"I CAN!"

1. "I CAN!" oh yes, we know you can! We read it in your eye;

There is a mystic talisman

Flashing all gloriously!

Speak it out boldly, let it ring,
There is a volume there,
There's meaning in the eagle's wing;
Then soar, and do, and dare!

2. "I CAN!" climbs to the mountain top,
And plows the billowy main;

He lifts the hammer in the shop,
And drives the saw and plane;
He's fearless in the battle shock,
And always leads the van
Of young America's brave sons,—
They never quailed nor ran.

8. "I CAN!" He is a fiery youth,
And WILL a brother twin,

And, arm in arm, in love and truth,
They'll either die or win.
Shoulder to shoulder, ever ready,

All firm and fearless still

These brothers labor,-true and steady,"I CAN," and brave "I WILL."

4. "I CAN," e'en on his pleasure trips,
Travels by telegraph ;

He plumes the snowy wing of ships,
And never works by half;

His music is the humming loom,
And shuttles are his dancers,

Then clear the way, and quick give room
For the noble-souled "I CAN," sirs!

5. "I CAN!" Indeed, we know you can!
'Tis lithe in every limb,

To your blood 'tis a busy fan,

How can the flame burn dim?
It tensely draws your sturdy nerves,
No bow's without a string,

And when nor bow, nor bow-string swerves,
An arrow's on the wing.

6. "There is a magic in the power
Of an unbending will,

That makes us stronger every hour,

For greater efforts still.

Then banish from you every CAN'T,

And show yourself a MAN,

And nothing will your purpose daunt,

Led by the brave "I CAN!"

QUESTIONS.-1. What does "I can" do? 2. Who is called his twin brother? 3. What is said of an unbending will?

LESSON LVI.

CAS' ED, invested.
ARM'OR, defensive arms.
STORM' ING, taking by assault.
AIR' Y, fanciful; visionary.
FORTRESS, fort; strong-hold.
DE TAIN', hinder; keep back.

WEAP ON$, instruments for defense,
or offense.

UN WORTHY, undeserving.
RE GRET, sorrow for the past.
PHAN' TOM, Specter; ghost like.
SCARCE' LY, hardly.

NOW, TO-DAY.

ADELAIDE A. PROCTER.

1. ARISE! for the day is passing,
And you lie dreaming on;
Your brothers are cased in armor,

And forth to the fight are gone!

A place in the ranks awaits you;

Each man has some part to play;
The Past and the Future are nothing
In the face of stern TO-DAY.

2. ARISE from your dreams of the Future,-
Of gaining some hard-fought field,

Of storming some airy fortress,
Or bidding some giant yield;
Your Future has deeds of glory,

Of honor, (God grant it may !)
But your arm will never be stronger,
Or needed as now,-TO-DAY.

3. ARISE! if the Past detain you,
Her sunshine and storms forget;
No chains so unworthy to hold you
As those of a vain regret;
Sad or bright, she is lifeless ever;
Cast her phantom arms away,
Nor look back, save to learn the lesson
Of a nobler strife TO-DAY.

4. ARISE! for the day is passing;
The sound that you scarcely hear,
Is the enemy marching to battle!
Rise! RISE! for the foe is near!

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Stay not to sharpen your weapons,
Or the hour will strike at last,
When, from dreams of a coming battle,

effort now, to-day?

You may wake to find it past!

QUESTIONS.-1. What reasons are assigned why we should arouse to 2. What rule for the falling inflection on arise? See 3. How, according to the notation mark, should the

Rule VIII, page 33. last verse be read?

LESSON LVII.

REV O LUTION, change of govern-
FAN' CI ED, thought; imagined. [ment.
UN GENʼER OUS, mean; ignoble.
AC KNOWL' EDȧ ED, owned.
PLOT TING, planning; contriving.
DE SIGN', purpose; intention.
COR RE SPONDENCE, intercourse by
CON QUEST, victory.

[letters.

IN' TER VIEW, meeting; conference.
SOL' I TA RY, lonely; retired.
CON GRAT U LA TING, rejoicing with.
Is' SU ED, started up; came forth.
SUS PECT ING, mistrusting.
DE TECT ED, exposed; found out.
A' MI A BLE, lovely; agreeable.
FEL' ON, criminal.

CON' SE QUENCE, (CON, with; SEQUENCE, a following,) a following with, as an effect, or result.

IM PRESS' IVE, (IM, in; PRESS, to bear upon; IVE, tending to,) tending to press in, or upon; producing an effect.

IN VOLV'ED, (IN, in; VOLVED, rolled,) rolled in; enveloped.

THE CAPTURE OF MAJOR ANDRE.

1. ONE of the saddest events in the history of the American Revolution is the treason of Arnold, and, in consequence of it, the death of Major Andre. Arnold was an officer in the American army, who, though brave, had a proud and impatient spirit.

2. He fancied he had not all the honor and the pay due for his services, and, having plunged himself into debt by

his expensive style of living, these things soured his heart; and, as is the case with ungenerous minds, he never acknowledged a fault, or forgave an injury. More than this, he sought revenge against his countrymen by plotting treason against his country.

3. Soon after forming this bad design, he opened a secret correspondence with the English General, Henry Clinton, and, at the same time, asked General Washington to give him the command of West Point, an important post on the Hudson river. Washington let him have it, and this he determined to betray into the hands of the enemy, provided he could make out of it a good bargain for himself.

4. He wrote to General Clinton what he would do, and asked to have a secret interview with some English officer, in order to agree upon the terms. General Clinton was delighted; for he thought an army divided against itself, must prove an easy conquest, and he asked Major Andre, a gallant young officer, to meet Arnold, and settle the price of his treason.

5. Andre did not wish to engage in such business; but he obeyed, and went up the Hudson in an English sloop-ofwar for this purpose. Arnold agreed to meet him at a certain spot, and when night came on, sent a little boat to bring him ashore. He landed at the foot of a mountain called the Long Clove, on the western side of the river, a few miles from Haverstraw, where he found the traitor hid in a clump. of bushes.

6. Little did poor Andre foresee the fatal consequences of this step. All that still star-light night they sat and talked; daylight came, and the business was not concluded. Arnold dismissed the boatmen, and led his companion to a solitary farm-house on the river's bank, where the papers were finally drawn up, and hid in one of Andre's stockings.