Then Denmark blest our chief,
And he gave her wounds repose;
And the sounds of joy and grief
From her people wildly rose,

As death withdrew his shade from the day.
While the sun looked smiling bright
O'er a wide and woeful sight,

When the fires of fun'ral light

Died away.

Now joy old England, raise !

For the tidings of thy might,

By the festal cities' blaze,

While the wine-cup shines in light;
And yet, amidst the joy and uproar,
Let us think of them that sleep
Full many a fathom deep,
By thy wild and stormy steep,
Elsinore !

Brave hearts, to Britain's pride

Once so faithful and so true,
On the deck of fame had died

With the gallant, good Riou.*

Soft sigh the winds of heaven o'er the grave!
While the billow mournful rolls,

And the mermaid's song condoles,

Singing glory to the souls

Of the brave !

* One of Nelson's captains, who was thus spoken of by Nelson in his lespatches concerning the battle.

Arithmetic-XI. Long Measure-Multiplication.

1.-Multiply 13 lea. 2 mi. 7 fur. 39 po. 4 yds. 2 ft. 11 in. by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12.

2.-Multiply 539 lea. 1 fur. 2 yds. 7 in. and 687 mi. 26 po. 1 ft. by 392, 256, 1004, 1821, and 9307.

3.-Multiply 2778 miles 2 yds. 9 in. by 80206 and 97345.

THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH.

BY HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW.

Author of "Evangeline," " Voices of the Night," "The Golden Legend," and other Poems, as well as a metrical translation of Dante's " Divine Comedy."

Born February 27, 1807. Still living.

spread'-ing ......extending its | par-son...clergyman, minister

arms over a great space smith'-y...blacksmith's forge sin'-ew-y...strong and muscular brawn'-y...large and full of muscle

bel'-lows .......instrument for
directing a current of wind
on a fire
sledge ......a large and heavy

hammer
meas'-ured .........regular
sex'-ton.....
........an officer of the
church who attends on the
clergyman, digs graves, &c.
thresh'-ing-floor floor on
which corn is beaten out
from the ear

choir .........a band of singers
re-joice'. ...beat with pleasure
pa-ra-dise ...the abode of the
blessed and happy
toil'-ing labouring, working

hard
at-tempt'-ed... .tried at
earned......purchased with toil
wrought moulded and per-
fected, as iron with the black-
smith's hammer

sound'-ing
forth sound
an'-vil...block of iron on which
the blacksmith shapes his
metal

..ringing, giving

re-pose'.

Under a spreading chestnut tree
The village smithy stands ;

;

The smith, a mighty man is he,
With large and sinewy hands
And the muscles of his brawny arms
Are strong as iron bands.

His hair is crisp, and black, and long ;
His face is like the tan;

His brow is wet with honest sweat;
He earns whate'er he can ;

And looks the whole world in the face,
For he owes not any man.

.rest

Week in, week out, from morn till night,
You can hear his bellows.blow;
You can hear him swing his heavy sledge,
With measured beat and slow,
Like a sexton ringing the village bell
When the evening sun is low.

And children coming home from school
Look in at the open door;

They love to see the flaming forge,
And hear the bellows roar,

And catch the burning sparks that fly
Like chaff from a threshing-floor.

He goes on Sunday to the church,
And sits among his boys;

He hears the parson pray and preach;
He hears his daughter's voice
Singing in the village choir,

And it makes his heart rejoice.

It sounds to him like her mother's voice
Singing in Paradise!

He needs must think of her once more,
How in the grave she lies,

And with his hard rough hand he wipes
A tear out of his eyes.

Toiling, rejoicing, sorrowing,
Onward through life he goes:
Each morning sees some task begun,
Each evening sees its close:
Something attempted, something done,
Has earned a night's repose.

Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend,
For the lesson thou hast taught !

Thus at the flaming forge of life
Our fortunes must be wrought:
Thus on its sounding anvil shaped
Each burning deed and thought.

PROBLEM XXI.-To construct an oblong or rectangle having its adjacent sides equal to two given straight lines, as A, B.

Draw C D equal to B. At C draw C E perpendicular to CD and equal to A. From E with radius equal to B, and from D with radius equal to A, draw arcs cutting each other in F. Join F D, F E. Then CEFD is the oblong required.

PROBLEM XXII.-To construct a parallelogram having its sides equal to a given straight line as A, and an angle equal to a given angle as B.

Make C D equal to A. At D make angle C D E equal to angle B. Make DF equal to D C. From C and F with radius C D, describe arcs cutting each other in G. Join G F, G C. GC D F is the parallelogram required. PROBLEM XXIII.-To construct a parallelogram, having its two sides given as A B, and its diagonal as C.

Make D E equal to C. From D with radius equal to A, and E with radius equal to B draw arcs cutting each other in F, and from E in the same way draw arcs cutting each other in G. Join D F, DG, EF, E G. Then DFE G is the parallelogram required.

PROBLEM XXIV.-To construct a trapezium having one of its diagonals given as A, and its adjacent pairs of sides as B C.

Make D E equal to A. From D with radius equal to C, and from E with radius equal to B, draw arcs on either side of D E cutting each other in F, G. Join D F, FE, EG, G D. D FEG is the trapezium required.

Exercises in Word Building-XI.

Form lists of English words, according to the models, from— 1. The Latin substantives CULPA, a fault; CURA, care; and DEUS and DIVUS, a god.

2. The Latin adjectives DENSUS, thick; and DIGNUS, worthy. 3. The Latin verbs CENSEO, I order or decree; and CERNO, I perceive; and CIO, I call or rouse up; with their participles, CRETUS, perceived; and CITUS, roused.

BOADICEA.

COWPER.

regions...countries, tracts of

pos-te'-ri-ty......descendants

BY

WILLIAM

war'-ri-or ...soldier, one who

fights

land

sway...possess and rule over in-vin'-ci-ble ...not to be conquered

.poet, minstrel

in-dig-nant ...angry, roused by outrage

mien... .appearance, bearing coun'-sel ...advice, direction sage.wise, pregnant with wisdom

hoar-y...grey headed, white

with years match'-less ....unequalled, unsurpassed

re-sent'-ment..anger, passion ter-rors......words inspiring fear

pe'-rish...be utterly destroyed ab'-horred .hated with excessive dislike

em'-pire ......rule, sovereign power

re-nowned'.famed, celebrated tramples...treads under foot heed'-less...cureless, thought

bard..

pro-phet'-ic... ..treating of

events to come

pit'-i-less .without mercy a-wards' ...distributes, gives ven'-geance...punishment for a fault, and not retribution bes-towed'...given, conferred

When the British warrior queen,
Bleeding from the Roman rods,
Sought, with an indignant mien,
Counsel of her country's gods,