His fevered brain grows calm again,
And he breathes a blessing on the rain.

4. From the neighboring school

Come the boys, with more than their wonted noise
And commotion;

And down the wet streets sail their mimic fleets,
Till the treacherous pool

Engulfs them in its whirling and turbulent ocean.

5. In the country, on every side, where, far and wide,
Like a leopard's tawny and spotted hide,
Stretches the plain,

To the dry grass and drier grain
How welcome is the rain!

6. In the furrowed land,
The toilsome and patient oxen stand,
Lifting the yoke-encumbered head;
With their dilated nostrils spread,
They silently inhale the clover-scented gale,
And the vapors that arise

From the wet and smoking soil,
Grateful for the rain, and this rest from toil.

7. Near at hand, from under the sheltering trees,
The farmer sees

His pastures and his fields of grain,

As they bend their tops to the numberless beating drops
Of the incessant rain.

LONGFELLOW.

LESSON XIX.

AN'GEL, (literally, a messenger), a spir- | HOST, an army, a great multitude. itual being, an inhabitant of heaven. THE HIGHTS, the highest heavens. PRONUNCIATION.-Heav'en 4d, hosts 29, anʼgel 34, and 29, a-bove' lf. PRAISE THE LORD.

1. PRAISE ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord from the heavens: praise him in the hights.

2. Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.

3. Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise ye him, all ye stars of light.

4. Praise him, ye heaven of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens.

5. Let them praise the name of the Lord: for he commanded, and they were created.

6. He hath also established them forever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.

LESSON XX.

BOOм, sound loud and deep.
BREAK'ERS, dangerous rocks, on which
the waves dash and break with vio-
lence.

BUOY, (bwoy) a floating mark, generally
used to indicate some object under the

water.

COAST, the border of the sea.
LURK, lie hid.

QUICK'SAND, loose sand, in which heavy
substances sink and are engulfed.
REEF, a range of rocks.

WAN'TON, without provocation or ex

cuse.

PRONUNCIATION.-En-su'ing 16, approach'es 1b and f, science 1b, ves'sel 4d, warn 9, winds and (not wins an) 29, helm 32a, wan'ton 2d.

THE WARNING-BELL.

1. THE sailor is exposed to many perils while on the broad, deep sea; the tempest and the waves are his perpetual foes.

2. He must watch the skies, and take note of the winds, so that the gale may never find him unprepared.

3. But even if he escape all the many dangers of the open ocean, his safety is not yet secure.

4. He approaches the land, but new forms of peril await him. The rock-bound coast, the treacherous quicksand, the merciless breakers, the sunken reef, are all before him.

5. Human skill and science have invented many contrivances to lessen his dangers. Light-houses of great hight are built along the coast, and every night the brilliant lamps shine out over the waste waters to warn the mariner from the sands or the rocks, and to show him his path to the desired haven.

6. "And, as the evening darkens, lo! how bright,
Through the deep purple of the twilight air,
Beams forth the sudden radiance of its light,

With strange, unearthly splendor in its glare."

7. Light-houses are mostly built on the solid land, but under the sea may lurk sunken rocks, of which the treacherous surface may give no warning, and on which the unwary sailor may be driven to his destruction.

8. To build light-houses in such places is always difficult and costly-often impossible; and even if built, a fog in the daytime may hide them from the view of the mariner, till it is too late to escape the danger.

of

9. In these cases another contrivance is used. A vessel or boat proper size is anchored by strong cables and great weights over the hidden rocks. Upon this buoy a bell is so hung that the motion of the winds and waves causes it to toll and toll, and keep tolling, with never-ceasing voice of solemn warning.

10. When the mariner, buried in fog, unable to trace his way by the sun or stars, hears this solemn voice boom upon his listening ear,

he knows that danger is nigh. Quick to the helm he flies, and turns his ship from the unseen peril.

11. Hardened and wicked must he be if his heart does not throb with gratitude for the humanity which anchored on the rocks the warning-bell.

12. In the tale of the Inchcape Rock, by the poet Southey, is told how a wild and lawless pirate, in a spirit of wanton mischief, removed the bell that had been placed on a sunken reef.

13. This wanton act was subsequently the cause of his own destruction.

LESSON XXI.

AB'BOT, the chief of an abbey or monas- | INCH'CAPE ROCK, a rock in the sea about tery. twelve miles from Aberbrothwick. JoY'ANCE, gayety.

AB-ER-BRO-THOCK', now Aberbroth wick, or Abroath, a town of Scotland, at the mouth of the Brothwick, on the shore of the North Sea. The Abbey of Aberbrothock was founded about 1178, and is now a ruin.

ME-THINKS', it seems to me.
PER'IL-OUS, dangerous.
QUOTH, said.

ScoUR, to pass swiftly over.

PRONUNCIATION.-Ab'bot 1g, warn'ing 12, a-round' If, cheering 22, whis'tle 21, ex-cess' 1, steers 9, ev'er-y 3b, buoy (bwoy), be neath' 15.

THE INCHCAPE ROCK.

1. No stir in the air, no swell on the sea,-
The ship was still as still could be;

The sails from heaven received no motion;
The keel was steady in the ocean.

2. Without either sign or sound of their shock,
The waves flowed over the Inchcape Rock;
So little they rose, so little they fell,
They did not move the Inchcape bell.

3. The pious abbot of Aberbrothock

Had placed the bell on the Inchcape Rock;
On a buoy in the storm it floated and swung,
And over the waves its warning rung.

4. When the rock was hid by the surges' swell
The mariners heard the warning-bell;

And then they knew the perilous rock,
And blessed the abbot of Aberbrothock.

5. The sun in heaven was shining gay;
All things were joyful on that day;

The sea-birds screamed as they wheeled around,
And there was joyance in the sound.

6. The float of the Inchcape bell was seen
A darker spot on the ocean green;
Sir Ralph the Rover walked the deck,
And he fixed his eye on the darker speck.
7. He felt the cheering power of spring;
It made him whistle, it made him sing;
His heart was mirthful to excess,
But the rover's mirth was wickedness.

8. His eye was on the Inchcape float;
Quoth he, "My men, put out the boat,
And row me to the Inchcape Rock;
I'll plague the priest of Aberbrothock."
9. The boat is lowered, the boatmen row,
And to the Inchcape Rock they go;
Sir Ralph bent over from the boat,
And cut the bell from the Inchcape float.

10. Down sunk the bell with a gurgling sound;
The bubbles rose and burst around;

Quoth he, "Who next comes to the rock
Won't bless the priest of Aberbrothock.”

11. Sir Ralph the Rover sailed away;
He scoured the sea for many a day;
And now, grown rich with plundered store,
He steers his way for Scotland's shore.

12. So thick a haze o'erspread the sky
They cannot see the sun on high;
The wind hath blown a gale all day;
At evening it hath died away.

13. On deck the Rover takes his stand;
So dark it is they see no land;

Quoth Ralph, "It will be lighter soon,
For there is the dawn of the rising moon."

14. "Can you hear," said one," the breakers roar?
For yonder, methinks, should be the shore:
Now, where we are I cannot tell;

But I wish I could hear the Inchcape bell."

15 They hear no sound; the swell is strong;
Though the wind hath fallen, they drift along,
Till the vessel strikes with a shivering shock
O heavens! it is the Inchcape Rock!

16. Sir Ralph the Rover tore his hair;
He cursed himself in his despair;
The waves rush in on every side,
And the ship is gone beneath the tide.

SOUTHEY.

LESSON XXII.

BE-STOWED, placed for safe-keping.
COOL'LY, in a calm, deliberate manner.
MESS, a quantity of food sufficient for

one meal.

PRO-PEL', to urge forward, to drive on.
PROWL, to rove about in search of prey.
Vo-RA'CIOUS, ravenous, very greedy to

swallow.

PRONUNCIATION.- Cap'tain 32c, to'ward 266, dark'ness le, cool'ly 32c. INCIDENTS IN THE EARLY HISTORY OF LOUISIANA. 1. The Alligator.

1. A FRENCH captain, on an expedition through the woods, had occasion to encamp on the bank of the Mississippi. Before night, he had made preparation for his breakfast next morning by catching an ample mess of fish.

2. This care off his mind, he wrapped his bear-skin round his body, rolled himself up, bear-skin and all, in a loose corner of the tent-cloth, and went quietly to sleep with his fish carefully bestowed at his side.

3. In the middle of the night his slumbers were suddenly disturbed. He found himself rapidly moving through the darkness toward the river. The power that propelled him was invisible. But whatever it might be, resistance was at first useless. tinued to approach the edge of the water.

He con

4. The captain roared for help with all his might. No help came, but he managed, by great effort, to free himself and his bear-skin just in season to see his tent-cloth and his fish go under water in the jaws of an immense alligator.

5. The huge monster, prowling about in the night, had caught scent of the fish. His huge jaws, fiercely closing on the favorite dainty, had seized the tent-cloth in their voracious grasp; and as the creature retreated, the commander, tent, bed, and bear-skin, were all dragged toward the river.

II.-Fingers before Forks.

1. On occasion of a visit made by an Indian chief-emperor he was called by the French-to one of the forts in Louisiana, a grand feast was prepared to do honor to the occasion.

2. When the hungry guests took their seats at the tables loaded with fish and game the young emperor-a youth of eighteen was much perplexed at the appearance of the knife and fork, which he had never before seen and did not know how to use.

3. But a wise old chief, who accompanied him as a counselor and adviser, cut the knot by coolly tearing a turkey to pieces with his fingers, gravely remarking:-"The Master of life made fingers before the making of forks."

W. H. MILBurn.