ORDINARY LIVELY TONE. Bird of the wilderness, Sweet be thy matin o'er moorland and lea! Blest is thy dwelling-place Oh to abide in the desert with thee! ORDINARY GRAVE TONE. What hid'st thou in thy treasure-caves and cells, We ask not such from thee. THE HIGH TONE OF DELIGHT. An Orpheus! an Orpheus! he works on the crowd, THE HIGH TONE OF BRAVERY AND CONFIDENCE. Then out spake brave Horatius, The captain of the gate: is To every man upon this earth Than facing fearful odds, And the temples of his gods? THE HIGH TONE OF PATRIOTISM. Ye crags and peaks, I'm with you once again! THE LOW TONE OF SORROW FOR THE DEAD. Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero was buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, Slowly and sadly we laid him down From the field of his fame, fresh and gory, We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory. THE LOW TONE OF MYSTERIOUS WARNING. Lochiel! Lochiel! beware of the day Lochiel ! Lochiel ! beware of the day! V. TIME. This head has reference to the slow or rapid utterance with which passages must be pronounced. In the first three verses of “ Waterloo” we have a sufficiently good illustration of slow, ordinary, and quick time. EXERCISES. Slow TIME. An earthquake's spoil is sepulchred below! Or column trophied for triumphal show? As the ground was before, thus let it be ;- And in this all the world has gain'd by thee, ORDINARY TIME. And Belgium's capital had gather'd then The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men; Music arose with its voluptuous swell, And all went merry as a marriage bell ;- QUICK TIME. not hear it? No; 'twas but the wind, No sleep till morn, when youth and pleasure meet But, hark !-that heavy sound breaks in once more, And nearer, clearer, deadlier than before ! VI. PAUSE. The pause is one of the most effective elements in reading and recitation. Its importance cannot be sufficiently impressed upon the pupil. Besides the rest which the voice naturally takes at the marks of punctuation, there are places between these where the pupil should be accustomed to pause. We name some, leaving teachers to fix others as they (1.) After introductory conjunctions. (2.) Between the subject and the predicate. (3.) After the subject or object, when followed by an adjective with words dependent on it. (4.) After two or more adjectives preceding a simple subject except the last. (5.) Before and after some prepositional phrases. (6.) Before the relatives. (7.) Before the conjunction that. (8.) Before the infinitive when separated from its governing verb. (9.) At an ellipsis. think proper. POETICAL READINGS AND RECITATIONS. BROWNING. THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN. (1.) The Rats. HAMELIN town's in Brunswick, By famous Hanover city; The river Weser, deep and wide, A pleasanter spot you never spied ; Almost five hundred years ago, From vermin was a pity. They fought the dogs, and kill'd the cats, And bit the babies in the cradles, And lick’d the soup from the cook's own ladles, By drowning their speaking With shrieking and squeaking |