When you find in yourself some low, petty desire.
Feel cowardly, weak, lacking strength to aspire;
Take a noble example, don't stand still and fret,
"Look aloft, boy, aloft!" you may grow to it yet.

IV.

When, spite of all efforts, misfortune shall come,

Or sorrow shall darken your life or your home;

Raise your head and your heart with hope and with prayer, "Look aloft, look aloft, boy!" no sorrow is there.

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XXXII.—THE THREE COLORS.

HERE was a quarrel; red and blue and yellow stood in open defiance, each of the other two.

2. "Acknowledge me chief!" said red. "I am the emblem of charity. All that is warm, and redolent of comfort and kindness, is arrayed on my tints. I rest on this rose, and claim precedence."*

3. "Acknowledge me chief!" said blue. "I am the emblem of truth. All that is high and pure and just wears my hue. I rise and shine from yonder sky, and claim precedence."

4. "Acknowledge me chief!" said yellow. "I am the emblem of light and glory. Kings are crowned, palaces glitter, with my lustrous color. Receive me, O Sun! to thee I call, and claim precedence."

5. "Ah, my children," said the sun, "the very heavens weep at your disunion. Be reconciled, I pray, and show your strength of beauty where it must ever be-in harmony."

6. They rose at the entreaty, and embraced in the tearful clouds; and the sun shone out on them, and glorious in loveliness was the rainbow they made.

* Pronounced pre-ceed'-ence.

MRS. PROSSER.

XXXIII-A SUMMER MORNING'S SONG.

I.

P, sleeper! dreamer! up, for now

brow

There's light on forests, lakes, and meadows

The dew-drops shine on floweret bells,

The village clock of morning tells.

Up, men! out, cattle! for the dells

And dingles teem with shadows

II.

Up! to the fields! through shine and shower,
What hath the dull and drowsy hour

So blest as this? the glad heart leaping
To hear morn's early song sublime;
The earth rejoicing in its prime:
The summer is the waking time,
The winter time for sleeping.

III.

The very beast that crops the flower
Hath welcome for the dawning hour.

Aurora smiles! her beck'nings claim thee;
Listen-look round-the chirp, the hum,
Song, low, and bleat-there's nothing dumb→
All love, all life. Come, slumberer, come!
The meanest thing shall shame thee.

XXXIV.-HALF THE PROFIT.

NOBLEMAN, who resided at a castle a long way

A from the sea-shore, was about to celebrate his mar

riage feast.

There was abundance of meats, game, and fruits, for the important occasion, but no fish, as the sea had been very boisterous.

2. On the very morning of the feast, however, a poor fisherman made his appearance with a large turbot. Joy was in the castle, and the fisherman was brought with his prize

* Dingles-dales or valleys.

HALF THE PROFIT.

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into the saloon where the nobleman stood in the presence of his visitors.

3. "A fine fish," said the nobleman. "Fix your own price; you shall be paid at once. How much do you ask?"

4. "Not a penny, my lord; I will not take money. One hundred lashes on my bare back is the price of my fish. I will not abate one lash from the number."

5. The nobleman and his guests were not a little astonished, but the fisherman was resolute; they reasoned with him in vain.

6. At length the nobleman exclaimed, "Well, well, this fellow has a strange whim, but the fish we must have. But lay on lightly, and let the price be paid in our presence.”

7. After fifty lashes had been given, "Hold, hold!" exclaimed the fisherman; "I have a partner in this business, and it is right that he should receive his share."

8. "What! are there two such fools in the world?" exclaimed the nobleman. "Where is he to be found? Name him, and he shall be sent for instantly."

9. "You need not go far for him," said the fisherman; "you will find him at your own gate, in the shape of your own porter. He would not admit me until I promised that he should have half of whatever I should get for my turbot."

10. "Oh, oh," said the nobleman, "bring him up instantly; he shall certainly receive his half with the strictest. justice!"

11. The porter was accordingly brought, and had to submit to his share of the bargain. He was then discharged from the nobleman's service, and the fisherman was amply rewarded.

EXERCISE.

1. The sea has been very stormy.

2. A fisherman came with a halibut.

3. He was brought with his fish into the reception-room.

4. I will not lessen one stroke from the number.

5. This person has a queer notion.

Only she's schooner-rigged,- -a lovely craft.

Child. Is she for me? Oh, thank you, Martin, dear! What shall I call her?

Boatman.

Well, sir, what you please.

Child. Then write on her "The Eagle."
Boatman.

Bless the child!

Eagle! why, you know naught of eagles, you.
When we lay off the coast, up Canada way,
And chanced to be ashore when twilight fell,
That was the place for eagles; bald they were,
With eyes as yellow as gold.

Child.

Tell me about them.

Boatman.

Oh, Martin, dear,

Only they snored o' nights and frighted us.

Child. Snored?

Boatman.

Tell! there's naught to tell,

Ay, I tell you, snored; they slept upright

In the great oaks by scores; as true as time,

If I'd had aught upon my mind just then,

I would n't have walked that wood for unknown gold; It was most awful. When the moon was full,

I've seen them fish

at night, in the middle watch,

When she got low. I've seen them plunge like stones,
And come up fighting with a fish as long,
Ay, longer than my arm; and they would sail
Over the deck, and show their fell, fierce eyes,

And croon for pleasure, hug their prey, and speed
Grand as a frigate on a wind.

She must be called "The Eagle" after these.

JEAN INGELOW.

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N the western part of New York, many years ago, before that part of the country was as thickly settled as now, my father lived in a little square house just on the border of the woods. People used to hunt a great deal in those woods.

2. One day when my father was hunting the deer, he suddenly came upon a little fawn asleep. He went towards it very softly, and succeeded in getting hold of the little fellow before he had time to escape.

3. He carried it home in his arms, and, strange as it may seem, the fawn did not appear much alarmed; and after a few days of petting and care, he was as much at home in my father's house as he could have been in the woods.