EXAMPLES. 1. ENGLISH SCENERY. The great charm, however, of English scenery, is the moral feeling that seems to pervade it. It is associated in the mind with ideas of òrder, of quiet, of sober, wellestablished principles, of hoary úsage, and reverend cùstom. Everything seems to be the growth of ages of regular and peaceful existence. The neighboring village, with its venerable cóttages, its public gréen, sheltered by trées, under which the forefathers of the present race have spórted; the antique family mánsion, standing apart in some little rural domain, but looking down with a protecting air on the surrounding scéne; all these common features of English landscape evince a calm and settled security, a hereditary transmission of home-bred virtues and local attachments, that speak deeply and touchingly for the moral character of the nation. 2. THE SEASONS IN SWEDEN. IRVING. I must not forget the suddenly changing seasons of the northern clime. There is no long and lingering spring unfolding leaf and blossom one by one; no long and lingering autumn, pompous with many-colored leaves and the glow of Indian summers. But winter and súmmer are wonderful, and pass into each other. The quail has hardly ceased piping in the córn, when winter, from the folds of trailing clouds, sows broadcast over the land, snów, icicles, and rattling hàil. The days wane apace. Ere long the sun hardly rises above the horizon, or does not rise at àll. The moon and the stars shine through the dày; only, at noon, they are pale and wàn, and in the southern sky a red, fiery glow, as of sunset, burns along the horizon, and then goes out. And pleasantly, under the silver moon, and under the silent, solemn stárs, ring the steel shoes of the skaters on the frozen sèa, and voices, and the sound of bèlls. LONGFELLOW. II. FAST MOVEMENT. Fast, or quick, movement, is the characteristic rate in the expression of mirth, fun, humor, gladness, joy, and haste. EXAMPLES. 1. PAUL REVERE'S RIDE. A hurry of hoofs in a village stréet, A shape in the moonlight, a bulk in the dárk, And the spárk struck out by that steed, in his flight, 2. L'ALLEGRO. LONGFELLOW. Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest and youthful Jòllity, Quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods, and bècks, and wreathéd smiles Such as hang on Hèbe's cheek, On the light fantastic tòe; And in thy right hand lead with thee 3. ONCE MORE. MILTON. "Will I come?" That is pleasant! I beg to inquire If the gun that I carry has ever missed fire? And which was the muster-roll-mention but ône- You see me as always, my hand on the lock, It is rusty, some tell me; I heed not the scôff; 4. RHYME OF THE RAIL. Singing through the forests, Shooting under árches, Rumbling over bridges; Whizzing through the mountains, Buzzing o'er the vále, Blèss me! this is pléasant, Ríding on the ráil! 5. THE MAY QUEEN. HOLMES. SAXE. You must wake and call me early, call me early, mother dear; To-morrow 'll be the happiest time of all the glad New Year; Of all the glad New Year, mother, the maddest, merriest day; For I'm to be Queen o' the May, mother, I'm to be Queen o' the May. 6. THE MESSAGE. TENNYSON. The muster-place is Lanrick mead; SCOTT. Come as the winds come, when forests are rended; Chief, vassal, page, and groom, tenant and master. Fast they come, fast they come; see how they gather! Wide waves the eagle plume, blended with heather. Cast your plaids, draw your blades, forward each man set; Pibroch of Donuil Dhu, knell for the onset! 8. THE SMILING LISTENER. SCOTT. Precisely. I see it. You all want to say That a tear is too sad and a smile is too gay; You could stand a faint smile, you could manage a sigh, It's awful to think of-how year after year To lug out his manuscript, sure as a gun. III. VERY FAST MOVEMENT. Very fast movement is expressive of hurry, alarm, confusion, flight, ecstatic joy, and ungovernable rage and fury. EXAMPLES. 1. MAZEPPA. Away!-away!-and on we dash!- We sped like méteors through the sky, 2. HURRY. Sisters! hènce, with spurs of speed! Each bestride her sable steed; Hurry! hurry to the field. BYRON. 3. FLIGHT. Forth from the pass in tumult driven, For life! for life! their flight they ply; 4. GOOD NEWS. I sprang to the stìrrup, and Joris, and hè; SCOTT. Í galloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped all thrèe; Not a word to each other; we kept the great páce, 5. HOW THE OLD HORSE WON THE BET. BROWNING. "Bring forth the horse!" Alas! he showed Scant-maned, sharp-backed, and shaky-kneed, The slumbering instincts long unstirred It thrills like flame through every limb- |