Excessive Joy. 1. Ye crags and peaks, I'm with you once again! And bid your tenant welcome to his home 2. Go, ring the bells, and fire the guns, Of honor, liberty, and fame; Still let the poet's strain be heard, And every thing with breath agree To praise our glorious liberty. Shouting and Narrative. Narrative. An hour passed on; the Turk awoke; That bright dream was his last; He woke to hear his sentry's shriek, Shouting. "To arms! they come! the Greek! the Greek!" Narrative. He woke to die 'midst flame, and smoke, And death-shots falling thick and fast Shouting. "Strike― till the last armed foe expires; RULE 11. The language of anger, vexation, fear, alarm, and terror, is loud, high, vehement, and rapid in movement, varying, however, according to the intensity of excitement. The falling inflection prevails in the expression of these emotions. Impatience, Anger, and Contempt. Brutus. Go to; you are not Cassius.b Cas. Urge me no more; I shall forget myself: Have mind upon your health; tempt me no further. a Bozzaris, (Marco,) a Grecian commander, who fell in an attack on the Turks, at Lapsi, August 20th, 1823. He expired in the moment of victory. b Cassius, ( Caius,) the friend of Brutus, and a conspirator against Cæsar. QUESTION. What is the rule for the language of anger, vexation, fear, alarm, and terror? Bru. Away, slight man! Cas. Is 't possible? Bru. Hear me, for I will speak. Must I give way and room to your rash choler? Shall I be frightened when a madman stares? Bru. All this? ay, more. Fret, till your proud heart break; Go, show your slaves how choleric you are, And make your bondmen tremble.. Must I budge? You shall digest the venom of your spleen, Cas. Is it come to this? Bru. You say, you are a better soldier; Let it appear so; make your vaunting true, And it shall please me well. For mine own part, I shall be glad to learn of noble men. Cas. You wrong me every way—you wrong me, Brutus; I said an elder soldier, not a better: Cas. When Cæsar lived, he durst not thus have moved me. Bru. Peace, peace; you durst not so have tempted him. Cas. I durst not? Bru. No. Cas. What! durst not tempt him? Bru. For your life you durst not. Cas. Do not presume too much upon my love; I may do what I shall be sorry for. Bru. You have done what you should be For certain sums of gold, which you sorry denied me; For I can raise no money by vile means: I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring To you for gold to pay my legions, Which you denied me. Was that done like Cassius? Bru. I do not, till you practice them on me. Bru. I do not like your faults. Cas. A friendly eye could never see such faults. Bru. A flatterer's would not, though they did appear As huge as high Olympus.a Olympus, a celebrated mountain in Macedonia. Alarm and Fear. Search, there; nay, probe me; search my wounded reins, Pull-draw it out Oh! I am shot! A forked burning arrow Sticks across my shoulders; the sad venom flies Like lightning through my flesh, my blood, my marrow. A bolt of ice runs hissing through my body; EXERCISE XV. RULE 12. The language of authority, reproof, affirmation, denial, and defiance, generally requires a strong, full, energetic voice, with strong emphasis, varied movement, and falling inflection. Authority. Silence! obstreperous traitors! Your throats offend the quiet of the city; And thou who standest foremost of these knaves, Stand back, and answer me a senator; What have you done? Do you hear me? do you know Back, on your lives! treacherous cowards! Do know me? look on me; you This honest sword I brandish? Back! back! I say. QUESTION. What is the rule for the language of authority, reproof, affirmation, denial, and defiance? |