Aisle, a passage in a church. Hist! hush, attention, silence, listen. We climbed on the graves, on the stones worn with rains, And we gazed up the aisle* through the 75 small leaded panes. She sate by the pillar; we saw her clear: 66 we are long alone. The sea grows stormy, the little ones moan." But, ah, she gave me never a look, Sealed, looking with For her eyes were sealed* to the holy book. a fixed and attentive gaze. Humming town, at a distance the noise of a town sounds like the humming of bees in a hive. Shuttle, an instru ment used for shoot 80 "Loud prays the priest; shut stands the door." Come away, children, call no more. Come away, come down, call no more. Down, down, down, Down to the depths of the sea. She sits at her wheel in the humming town,* Hark, what she sings: "Oh joy, oh joy, 85 For the humming street, and the child with 90 For the priest, and the bell, and the holy well. And the blessed light of the sun." And so she sings her fill, Singing most joyfully, * Till the shuttle falls from her hand, And the whizzing wheel stands still. woof between the She steals to the window, and looks at the sand; ing the thread of the threads of the warp in weaving. Anon, soon, quickly, immediately. Sorrow-laden, full of Gusts, sudden blasts of wind. And over the sand at the sea; And her eyes are set in a stare; A long, long sigh. For the cold strange eyes of a little Mermaiden,* And the gleam of her golden hair. Come away, away, children. 120 125 130 135 140 We shall see, while above us But, children, at midnight, gaze, * * * At the white, sleeping town; And then come back down. Singing, "There dwells a loved one, But cruel is she. She left lonely for ever The kings of the sea." THE SKY-LARK.-Hogg. JAMES HOGG (1770-1835) was born in Ettrick Forest in Selkirkshire. He was a farmer and shepherd, and hence called the Ettrick Shepherd, but he was more successful as a poet. Chief work: The Queen's Wake, containing the beautiful fairy ballad Kilmeny; he also wrote songs and novels. Dewy wing, the lark builds its nest on the ground, and consequently when the dew falls at night it gets covered with it. Thy lay is in heaven, the lark soars high into the air, and there warbles forth its song. Fell, a rocky hill. Sheen, bright, beautiful. Cloudlet, a little cloud. Cherub, an angel. Gloaming, twilight, the evening. Love gives it energy, love gave it birth. Thy lay is in heaven,* thy love is on earth. O'er fell* and fountain sheen,* O'er the red streamer that heralds the day; Over the cloudlet * dim, Over the rainbow's rim, Musical cherub,* soar, singing, away! Then, when the gloaming * comes, Sweet will thy welcome and bed of love be! Blest is thy dwelling-place Oh to abide in the desert with thee! IO 15 20 5 IO 15 20 * Belshazzar was the last of the Babylonian kings. This poem is founded on the account given of the overthrow of Babylon in the Book of Daniel. 5 THE BATTLE OF HOHENLINDEN.*-Campbell. ON Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay th' untrodden snow; Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden showed another sight, The darkness of her scenery." * Fires of death, the discharge of the artillery, which carried death and destruction among the troops. Scenery, the appearance of the country. * Hohenlinden, or Linden Heights, is a small village in Bavaria, about six leagues from Munich, It is situated between the Iser and the Inn, tributaries of the Danube. The Austrians and Bavarians were defeated here by the French on the 3d December 1800. Revelry, the bustle and din of battle. Then shook the hills, the surrounding country seemed to shake again with the dreadful noise made by the firing of the artillery. Riven, torn asunder; here it refers to the ground being torn up with the cannon balls. Frank, the ancient Huns, or, as they are By torch and trumpet fast arrayed, To join the dreadful revelry.* Then shook the hills* with thunder riven ;* Far flashed the red artillery. But redder yet those fires shall glow 'Tis morn-but scarce yon level sun Shout 'mid their sulphurous canopy. The combat deepens: On, ye brave! And charge with all thy chivalry! * THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH.-Longfellow. Smithy, a black smith's shop. UNDER a spreading chestnut-tree IO 15 20 25 30 Mighty, full of Sinewy, strong. parts of the body by Tan, the bark of the |