Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. 60 15. Th' applause of listening senates to command, 17. Their lot forbade: nor circumscribed alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined; 18. The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide, 19. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. NOTES.-66. Their growing vir- | 73. madding, furious. tues, the growth of their ignoble strife, dishonorable contention. ANALYSIS.-59. What is meant by mute inglorious Milton? Milton. Who was Milton? 60. Who was Cromwell? How does the poet imply his belief in Cromwell's guilt? 61-65. Name the phrase-objects of forbude. 64, Give the mode of read. 65 circumscribed. Name the subject. 67 Forbade. What is the subject? Name the five phrase-objects. 67-72. Name the modifiers of each infinitive. 70-72. Name the figures in these lines. 73. What does the line modify? 75. vale of life. What figure? 75, 76. Express the two lines in prose. 76. Meaning of noiseless tenor of their way! 20. Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial still erected nigh, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture decked, 80 21. Their name, their years, spelt by th' unlettered muse, The place of fame and elegy supply. 85 90 And many a holy text around she strews, 22. For who, to dumb Forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resigned, 23. On some fond breast the parting soul relies, Some pious drops the closing eye requires; 24. For thee, who, mindful of the unhonored dead, NOTES.-77. these bones, their | 84. to die, how to die. bones. 79. uncouth, rude. 88. Nor cast; that is, did not cast. 93. For thee; that is, as for thee. ANALYSIS.-77-80. Write the stanza in prose. 81. Their name. To what does Their refer? Meaning of unlettered muse? 81, 82. Predicate of the sentence? 84. That teach. What is the antecedent of That? Should the word be teach or teaches? 84. Meaning of rustic moralist? 85, 86. Rewrite in prose order. Grammatical construction of prey! 87. cheerful day. What figure? 88. Give the syntax of the word behind. 90 What is the meaning of pious drops? What figure? 91. Point out the figure in the line. 91, 92. Explain the use of E'en. 93. Who is meant by thee? 94. Give the meaning of artless. 25. If chance, by lonely Contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate; Haply some hoary-headed swain may say,— "Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn 26. "There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, 27. "Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, 28. Muttering his wayward fancies he would rove; "One morn Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he. NOTES.-95. If chance, if per- | 105. Hard by, close by. 95 100 105 110 ANALYSIS. 95. by lonely, etc. What does the phrase modify? 97. hoary-headed. Give meaning. 101-103. Name modifiers of stretch. Is beech and stretch a good rhyme? 103. What is the meaning of listless length? 104. Meaning of pore in this line? Point out the figure in the line. 105. now smiling, etc. 107. now drooping, etc. What does the phrase modify? What does this phrase modify? Give the construction of like. Give the meaning of wan 108. crazed with care. What does it modify? 109. morn. What figure of orthography is this? 29. "The next, with dirges due, in sad array, Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne; Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay 115 Graved on the stone beneath you aged thorn." THE EPITAPH. 30. Here rests his head upon the lap of Earth, A Youth, to Fortune and to Fame unknown; 31. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, He gave to Misery all he had,—a tear, He gained from Heaven ('twas all he wished) a friend. 32. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode (There they alike in trembling hope repose), NOTE.--114. churchway: this is likely churchward. ANALYSIS --113. The next. What word is understood? 114. slow. Why slow, instead of slowly? 115. (for thou canst read). Is it likely that the "hoary-headed swain" could read? 115. the lay. What does it mean here? 117. lap of Earth. What figure? 118. Give grammatical construction of Youth. 119, 120. Point out the figures. 122. largely. What figure? 123. Point out the figure in the line. Parse tear. 125. No farther. Is this the proper form? 126. draw. Give grammatical construction. dread abode. What does the expression mean? 120 125 10. SAMUEL JOHNSON, 1709-1784. SAMUEL JOHNSON, born in Lichfield on the 18th of September, 1709, was the son of a poor bookseller. Johnson was a sickly child from birth, and the disease with which he was afflicted (scrofula) soon marked him for life. His early education was gained mostly at Stourbridge, but his attendance at school helped him less than his wonderful memory and his great taste for books. In his nineteenth year he entered Pembroke College, Oxford, but he never graduated, as his father died and he lacked the means to pay for a full course of instruction. Like his father, he was the victim of melancholy and a fear of insanity that constantly haunted him, which he says kept him mad half his life. His peculiar dis. position led him into all sorts of frolics and riots while at college, and he treated few with respect, or even civility. After leaving college he trudged to Market Bosworth, in Leicestershire, where he became usher in a school. His natural temperament, however, unfitted him for this work, and he failed. He next became translator for a bookseller in Birmingham, and soon thereafter married a Mrs. Porter, a woman of little taste and almost twice his own age. With her fortune of eight hundred pounds Johnson attempted to start a school of his own, but he never secured a sufficient number of pupils to support himself and pay the rent. Failing again, he trudged to London with little Davy Gar |