THE HARPER.-THOMAS CAMPBELL.

Thomas Campbell, author of the "Pleasures of Hope," the "Battle of the Baltic," &c. Born, 1777; Died, 1844

On the green banks of Shannon, when Sheelah was nigh,
No blithe Irish lad was so happy as I;

No harp like my own could so cheerily play,
And wherever I went was my poor dog Tray.

When at last I was forced from my Sheelah to part,
She said, (while the sorrow was big at her heart,)
Oh! remember your Sheelah when far, far away:
And be kind, my dear Pat, to our poor dog Tray.

Poor dog! he was faithful and kind to be sure,
And he constantly loved me, although I was poor;
When the sour-looking folk sent me heartless away,
I had always a friend in my poor dog Tray.

When the road was so dark, and the night was so cold,
And Pat and his dog were grown very old,

How snugly he slept in my old coat of gray,
And he lick'd me for kindness-my poor dog Tray.

Though my wallet was scant, I remember'd his case,
Nor refused my last crust to his pitiful face;
But he died at my feet on a cold winter day,
And I play'd a sad lament for my poor dog Tray.

Where now shall I go, poor, forsaken, and blind?
Can I find one to guide me, so faithful and kind ?
To my sweet native village, so far, far away,
I can never more return with my poor dog Tray.

DICTATION LESSONS.

1. THE bole of a
Boult some flour.
the last bourne.
Go through the brake.

tree. A punch bowl. Undo the bolt. He bore a load. A boar's head. Borne to Since I was born. Don't break the glass. The brake of a train. Brake, a thicket. Well bred. Dry bread. A-breast of Brest. A bad bruise. He brews ale. Things brighten. At Brighton.

2. A Briton.

savage brute.

Great Britain.

It was bruited abroad. A

The borough town. By

The deer browsed. Eyebrows. Fire burns.

The town of Berne. Rabbit burrows.

I cried,

and-by. Buy me one. A bye-law. He calenders linen. A
calendar for 1878. A great beau. A bow and arrows.
Bo! The ass brays. To braze pans. A water-butt.
3. The Khan of Tartary. A drinking can.
A child's caul. A candid man.

you call?
My brother Cain. Sugar-cane. The Canon

Can he ? Did Candied sugar.

of Chester. A

rifled cannon. He canvassed for orders. Linen canvas. Marine charts. A light cart. A knight's casque. A beer cask. He cast it aside. Hindoo caste. Sealing-wax. A high ceiling. The crow caws. Without cause. The cereal grasses. A monthly serial. The cession of San Juan. A session of Parliament. He chews his food. He may if he choose. The cit may sit down. A mutton chop. The wind chops round.

4. Mr. Clarke is a clerk. A rude chuff. I shot a chough. A clause in the deed. The bear's claws. To climb a hill. A hot clime. Close the door. My new clothes. Coarse people. The maid's corse. The race course. Fleet coursers. A coarser grain. The new colonel. The kernel of a nut. Codlings are apples. A cod and a codling. The coal dealer. Cole-wort. His choler rose. A shirt collar. A fine compliment. The ship's

complement. Sweet chords. A piece of cord. A rifle corps.

The core of an apple.

5. He cozened his cousin. creek. The crews of the ships. oil. It is cruel. Crewel of yarn. The Dane deigned to smile. days. The light dazed him. England and Derbe in Asia Minor.

Barking

The branch creaks.
A cruise to sea. A cruse of
He is a culler of colours.
The Dey of Algiers. Former
A dear pet deer. Derby in
He devises it. At Devizes.

Evil devices. The doe and fawn. Dough-nuts. A dewy field. It is due to you. Take a dose. Stags and does.

6. All men die. To dye gloves. She fell into a doze. Bucks and does. Dinner is done. A dun cow. Dost thou remember? Coal-dust A draught of ale. He signed the draft. A dyeing vat. He is dying. The hedge near the edge. Near Eton. He has eaten. The envoy. Full of envy. The ewe is near the yew-tree. It was no feint, but an actual faint. 7. A holy fane. She is feigning. I would fain go. Poor fare. The horse-fair. They played faro at the fête. Pharaoh's fate was sad. A great feat. Six feet. A mean fellow. The felloe of a wheel. Philip gave me a fillip. An iron file. He was foiled. The chemist's phial. Tinfoil. A fencing foil. Flee, the flue is on fire! The bird flew off. The performing

fleas. fined.

A water-filter. A love philter. Find that. He was

8. A court fool. A fore-sail. The four bags are full. A fort. Music is his forte. The fourth time. The firth of Forth. The pipe is foul. The fowl-house. Fond of frays. A French phrase. Does it freeze? A coat of frieze. A fir tree. A fur

coat. Furs are dear. A furze bush. of love. An ox gall. He went to Gaul. garden gate.

He can gauge. A gage He totters in his gait. My

To confess guilt. The
Grate that egg. The
A nutmeg grater.
Candle grease. He
Soft and gristly. A

9. The guild of gilders. A gilt chain. glaire of an egg. The glare of a lamp. fire in the grate. Napoleon the Great. Cæsar was greater. Athens in Greece. grieves. He wore greaves. Grisly hair. grizzly bear. A groan. He has grown.

10. A grocer. Few books are grosser.

Hail, friend! you

look hale. A hailstorm. An art student. He shot a hart. My heart throbs. Hey! do you hear? The hayfield in the haugh. The hawthorn. Is John here? He healed my heel. A helm of elm. I heard the herd. He hied away to hide. 11. Hie to the high hill. It was hight. Dover Height. Sing a hymn. I saw him. A horde of Indians. grain. They put the whole in a hole. The hoilow. His home. The holm in the river.

A hoard of

A boy's hoop.

ing cough. The hue of the yew.

Hugh Jones.

My holloa. The whoopHew it down.

Ay, I shall aye take care of my eyes. I'll be in the church aisle. The Isle of Wight.

12. I imply it. Employ me. In the inn. He indited a libel. He was indicted. The door jamb. Currant jam. Jane wears stays of jean. My daughter Jessie. David, son of Jesse. A juryman. Old Jewry. A joust of knights. Be just. A sailor's queue. Give me a cue to it. The village of Kew.

13. The door key. The ship at the Lime kilns. For lack of a lac of rupees. lax. He lacks sense. Lade the ship. dog has lain in the lane. The dog laps. is that law?

quay. Gas kills it.

Shell-lac. He is too I laid it down. The Lapse of time. La!

The lee side. A leaf. I had as lief The lead mine. It leads to Leeds. The I like to cut

14. It grows in the lea. beg. He led me. ship leaks. Green leeks. My daughter Lettice. lettuce. A levy of troops. The Queen's levée. Never tell a lie. Wood lye. Links are torches. A ferocious lynx. The

door lock. Loch Katrine.

Pall

15. A lone creature. A loan of money. Male and female. The royal mail. cudgel. The wide main. A lion's mane. squire's manor. She has a mantle. black mark. A letter of marque.

The maid made it.

Mall. A maul or Good manners. The The mantel piece. A

Martial array. My son

16. The marshal marshalled them. Martin. A martin's nest. Marten's fur. The maze at Hampton Court. Maize is Indian corn. His mien was mean. Did the Medes drink mead? It is meet you should mete out the meat. It is his meed. Gold is a metal. A horse of mettle. A gas meter. He writes in metre. The cat mews in the mews. To muse. The millinery warehouse. The millenary controversy. 17. Lord B. is a minor. A coal miner. A man of might. A cheese mite. He moaned. The grass is mown. A mote in

the eye.

A wet moat. The child mewled. He rode a mule.

The muscles of the arm. The mussel is a shell-fish. He mused A knag in wood. Nat's hat. knap on the fingers. A haughty That is nought.

in the mews. He rode a nag. A gnat. A short nap. A knave. The nave of a church. 18. Nay, it did not neigh. need it. Knead the dough.

I ne'er was near it. You will
Mr. Neal kneeled.
He was

knighted. He knew nothing new. She always knits at night. His nose. He knows.

It is not a sailor's knot. I know him.

The news.
Hold it.

old.

ours.

A noose. A nun. Oh! I owe him none. It is

19. Pull the oar. O'er the side. Pale silver ore. It is It has been in the pail for hours. The case was packed. He made a pact. Paul bore the funeral pall. Pallas Minerva. A royal palace. A pane of glass. He was in pain. The pannel of a saddle. The panel for the jury. Pare the apple. A pair of pears. The dog's paws. A pause in the storm. A peaceful scene. A piece of bread. The peak in Derbyshire. He has a pique at him. Orange peel. A peal of bells.

20. An English peer. Brighton pier. The ship's pendant. A pendent bough. A pensile nest. A lead pencil. A wet place. A plaice is a flat fish. Lord Petre's name is Peter. Ham pies. He poised it. A Doric pillar. A feather pillow. A pint of wine. The point of a needle. A carpenter's plane. The plain of Troy. Silver plate. Plaited hair. Common pleas. Please don't. A plumb line. A plum pie. The north pole. State of the poll.

21. The Sublime Porte. The port of London. A posy of. flowers. The flowers of poesy. A beast of prey. Let us pray. He prays. I praise it. Her pride. She pried into it. The prior. She pries into it. The prize book. She is primmer than ever. He can read his primer. A purling brook. A pearl necklace. Quartz crystals. Two quarts of ale. Queen Victoria. A worthless quean. A quire of paper. A choir of singers. The torture of the rack. Seawrack. Darkness reigned. A horse's reins. It rains fast. 22. Wrap this up. He gave me a rap. A rapt countenance. He rapped at the door. It is wrapped up. I have read it. A red shawl. He recked nothing. He was wrecked. Sun rays. Raze the foundations. To raise a subscription. Read the book. The reeds of the brook. The reek from the chimney. To wreak vengeance. Rest. He wrested it from him. A rigger by trade. The rigour of the winter. Rime is on the grass. A book of rhymes. A wedding ring. To wring clothes. The Hindoo ryots. Election riots.

23. Mr. Wright was right. Write to him.

The rite of