A wretched creature, and must bend his body
If Cæsar carelessly but nod on him.

He had a fever when he was in Spain,

And when the fit was on him I did mark

How he did shake: 'tis true, this god did shake:
His coward lips did from their colour fly;

And that same eye, whose bend doth awe the world,
Did lose his lustre: I did hear him groan :

Ay, and that tongue of his that bade the Romans
Mark him, and write his speeches in their books,
Alas! it cried, 'Give me some drink, Titinius,'
As a sick girl. Ye gods, it doth amaze me,
A man of such a feeble temper should
So get the start of the majestic world,
And bear the palm alone.

Bru. Another general shout!

I do believe that these applauses are

[Shout-Flourish.

For some new honours that are heaped on Cæsar.

Cas. Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus; and we petty men

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Walk under his huge legs, and peep about

To find ourselves dishonourable graves.

Men at some time are masters of their fates :

The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,

But in ourselves, that we are underlings.

Brutus and Cæsar: what should be in that 'Cæsar'?
Why should that name be sounded more than yours?
Write them together, yours is as fair a name;
Sound them, it doth become the mouth as well;

1 Colossus. At the entrance to the harbour of Rhodes there was a statue of brass, 105 feet in height, called the Colossus. It was destroyed by an earthquake, B.C. 256.

Weigh them, it is as heavy; conjure with them,
Brutus will start a spirit as soon as Cæsar.
Now in the names of all the gods at once,

Upon what meat doth this our Cæsar feed,

That he is grown so great? Age, thou art asham'd!
Rome, thou hast lost the breed of noble bloods!
When went there by an age, since the great flood,
But it was fam'd with more than with one man?
What could they say, till now, that talk'd of Rome,
That her wide walls encompass'd but one man?
Now is it Rome indeed, and room enough,
When there is in it but one only man.

NOTE.-Julius Cæsar was born B.C. 100. His great military exploits caused him to be chosen head of the government at Rome, and this aroused the envy of certain Romans, by whom he was assassinated on March 15, B.C. 44. The above extract represents Cassius, one of Cæsar's bitterest enemies, persuading Brutus to join the conspirators.

The Rev. Charles Kingsley, a distinguished poet and novelist, was born in Devonshire in 1819. After completing his education at Cambridge University he was appointed curate of Eversley, in Hampshire. Two years later he became rector, and held the living till his death in 1875. He was Professor of Modern History at Cambridge from 1859 till 1869. In addition to his novels, of which Westward Ho !' is the most admired, he wrote books on travel, history, and science.

THREE fishers went sailing away to the west,

Away to the west as the sun went down;

Each thought on the woman who loved him best,

And the children stood watching them out of the town; For men must work, and women must weep, And there's little to earn, and many to keep, Though the harbour bar be moaning.

Three wives sat up in the lighthouse tower,

And they trimm'd the lamps as the sun went down; They look'd at the squall, and they look'd at the shower, And the night-rack came rolling up ragged and brown; But men must work, and women must weep, Though storms be sudden, and waters deep, And the harbour bar be moaning.

Three corpses lay out on the shining sands

In the morning gleam as the tide went down, And the women are weeping and wringing their hands For those who will never come home to the town For men must work, and women must weep, And the sooner 'tis over, the sooner to sleep,

And good-bye to the bar and its moaning.

Mont Blanc.

HYMN BEFORE SUNRISE IN THE VALE OF CHAMOUNI. (SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE.)

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, an eminent and gifted poet, was born in Devonshire in 1772. He distinguished himself by his rare abilities at Cambridge, but getting in debt he enlisted in a regiment of dragoons. He was bought off by his friends, and soon after became acquainted with Southey, in conjunction with whom he wrote a poem entitled The Fall of Robespierre.' In 1795 he visited Germany to study the language and literature of that country, and on his return he took up his residence in the Lake district. Here, enjoying the companionship of Wordsworth and Southey, he resided till 1816, when he removed to London, and lived there till his death in 1834. His best known poems are Remorse,' The Ancient Mariner,' and Christabel.'

HAST thou a charm to stay the morning star

In his steep course? So long he seems to pause

1 Chamouni, a celebrated valley at the foot of Mont Blanc in Switzerland.