ing degree, the atmosphere extends its airy wings to fan the fainting world!

QUESTIONS.-1. Can we see the wind? 2. How do we know there is any wind? 3. What is said of its force? 4. What would be the consequences, if there were no wind? 5. How do winds purify the atmosphere? 6. How do they temper the air?

Pronounce distinctly the words-breeze, breathes, tempest, spends, effects, fainting.

LESSON XLVIII.

Spell and Define-1. PIN' IONS, wings; quills. 2. MUR'KY, dark; gloomy. 3. Tow' ER, a high edifice; a citadel. 4. BIL' LOWS, large waves of the sea. 5. GAL' LANT, gay; brave; noble. 6. SURG' ING, Swelling and rolling, as billows. 7. Do MIN' ION, supreme authority. 8. FOUNT'AIN, a spring; head of a river. 9. SHROUD, to cover.

THE STORM.

1. I COME, I come, with power and might,
On swiftest pinions, in endless flight;
My form I shroud

In the murky cloud,

And o'er the deep

In fury sweep,

And man, with his boasted strength is weak, When I in my loudest fury speak:

I fell the tower,

And I rend the oak

That withstood the power

Of the lightning's stroke;

And stream, and flood, and forest, and field, Te the strength of my might and will must yield; But whence I come, or where I go,

"Tis not for dwellers on earth to know.

THE BREEZE.

2. I come, I come, from a distant shore,
Beyond the bounding billows' roar;
I swell the sail

Of the gallant ship,
As it proudly skims

The surging deep;

My wings are laden with odors sweet,
The fairest forms of earth to greet;
And I sing a song

Of joy and mirth,

As I pass along

The silent earth;

And stream, and flood, and forest, and field, Ever to my mild dominion yield;

But whence I come, or where I go,

"Tis not for the sons of earth to know.

THE ZEPHYR.

3. I come, I come, from my secret cave,
Beyond the roar of the ocean's wave;
Over the plain, and over the deep,
My silvery wings in silence sweep;
I kiss the fountain,

I climb the mountain,
I cool the bower,

I fan the flower,

And on the breast of the gentle rill,
And on the top of the cloud-capt hill,
I take my slow and silent flight,

In the noon-tide hour, or dead of night;
And stream, and flood, and forest, and field,
Ever to my mild dominion yield;

But whence I come, or where I go,

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"Tis not for mortals on earth to know. QUESTIONS.-1. What is said must yield to the power the storm? 2. What is said of the breeze? 3. Can you tell what is said of the zephyr ?

LESSON XLIX.

Spell and Define-1. BRA' VED, encountered; defied. 2. A LOFT', on high; above. 3. WEA' RI ED, tired; fatigued. 4. CLINCH' ED, griped; held fast. 5 UN HEED'ING, disregarding.

THE SLEEPING SHIP BOY.-A FACT.

1. THE breeze was up; the swelling sail
Was spreading wide before the gale;-
The tide came on with angry roar,
And some e'en thought they spied the shore.
2. A sprightly lad, who, brisk and free,
Had often braved the raging sea,
Was sent aloft to see the "light,"
By which to guide the ship aright.

3. He climbed the high and waving mast,
And to the top-sail made him fast:
Silence now gathers round the crew,
As Jack aloft appears in view.

4. All anxious wait to hear him cry,
And wonder if 'tis "land" they spy;
Till tired, at length, to Jack they cali,
To learn if "land" he views at all.

5. Fearing the ship at every bound,
Might dash upon the rocks profound;
To Jack again they loudly cry,
But still he gives them no reply.

6. "He's sleeping,' cries the trembling crew, Alas, for Jack, it was too true!

Up! up! and save him," one and all,
With terror stricken voices, call.

7. And now, two seamen, stout and brave,
Put forth their power poor Jack to save;
And, climbing quick the fearful steep,
Find Jack all wearied, sunk in sleep.

8. With fingers clinched and holding fast
Upon the high and "giddy mast;'
Unheeding ocean's frightful roar,

And thoughtless of the distant shore.

9. They wake him from the dreadful hight, And tell him of their anxious fright; "Don't let the Captain know I slept," Cries Jack, and softly down he crept..

QUESTIONS.-1. What was Jack sent aloft for? 2. What did he do when he had climbed the high mast? 3. Why did they call to him? 4. What were they fearing? 5. Did they call the second time ? 6. Why did not Jack answer them? 7. What did the crew then say? 8. How many went aloft to save him? 9. What did Jack say as they awoke him?

LESSON L.

Spell and Define.-1. FORM' I DA BLE, adapted to excite fear; terrific. 2. DIS PATCH', to put to death; send away. 3. RA PACIOUS, greedy of prey. 4. IN GE NU' I TY, readiness to invent; skill. 5. AR RANG' ED, put in order. 6. COM PAS' SION ATE, inclined to pity. 7. MA LI' CIOUS, having ill-will without cause. 8. RE LEAS' ED, freed from confinement. 9. SOL' I TA RY, lonely; retired. 10. HAR'.

MO NY, agreement. 11. DIS SO LU' TION, a dissolving; separation. 12. IM PRAC TI CA BLE, (IM, not.), that can not be performed. 13. PER' FI DY, violation of faith or trust.

THE BOY, THE BEE, AND THE SPIDER.

1. A BOY walked forth with his father, among the grape vines in the garden. There he found a bee, caught in the web of a spider which had already opened its formidable jaws to dispatch this luckless prisoner. But the boy set the struggling bee at liberty, and destroyed the web of the rapacious spider.

2. The father of the boy beheld this and said, "How can you, my son, feel so little respect for the skill and ingenuity of this creature, as to destroy the web which it has woven with so much pains? Did you not observe how regularly and beautifully the threads of this web were arranged? How, then, could you be at once so compassionate and cruel?"

4. "Is not the art of the spider malicious, replied the boy, "and directed to deeds of perfidy and murder? The bee, on the contrary, collects honey and wax in its cells; therefore, I released the bee, and destroyed the web of the spider."

5. The father commended the judgment of the boy; for it was such as would condemn even the most brilliant talents which, moved by self interest, aim to injure and ruin others.

6. "But," continued the father, "may you not still have done injustice to the spider? See how it defends our ripening grapes from