LESSON LXXXVIII.

REVIEW.

I.

Mention each phrase in the following sentences, and tell its office :

1. The streets of the city are well paved.

2. They were playing under the old elm-tree.

3. Exercise in the open air strengthens the body and improves the health.

4. He waited to hear the answer.

5. The little cabin on the mountain was lost amongst the clouds.

6. A true friend is one of the most precious gifts of Heaven.

II.

Mention the clauses in the following sentences, and tell which are dependent clauses and which are independent clauses:

I. They came to a bridge, which seemed to be built of iron. 2. When the danger was past, they returned to the house. 3. Our only light was from the fire, which was burning up brightly.

4. The evil that men do lives after them.

5. You can make the experiment, but you must not be disappointed with the result.

6. The sun smiles upon the landscape, and earth smiles back again upon the sky.

7. Beneath the window is a wooden bench, on which a long succession of weary wayfarers have reposed themselves.

III.

Point out the relative pronouns in the following sentences, and tell what each stands for:

I. This man, who has charge of the building, will show you the room.

2. He was the only man that understood the matter.

3. These are books that will amuse and interest all classes of persons.

4. He sat down in a large chair, which was the most conspicuous object in the room.

5.

"Few, few were they whose swords of old

Won the fair land in which we dwell;

But we are many, we who hold

The grim resolve to guard it well."

IV.

Name the simple, the compound, and the complex sentences in the following, and tell of what clauses the compound and complex sentences are composed :

1. She stepped quickly across the floor.

2. If you cannot sleep, you can rest.

3. "He looked upon his people, and a tear was in his eye; He looked upon the traitors, and his glance was stern

and high."

4. If you would find the most wretched man or woman in your neighborhood, look for the one who has nothing to do. 5. They were startled by the tramp of horses' hoofs.

6. He had won great fame among the children, as the narrator of wonderful stories.

7. Do not be too positive.

8. The water of this fountain, as it spouted upward, was constantly taking new shapes.

LESSON LXXXIX.

COMPOSITION.

Find out what you can about the Trunk Line Railroads of the United States, and then tell

I. What the Trunk Line Railroads are.

2. Name the principal lines and tell what cities they connect. 3. Tell how these railroads benefit the country.

LESSON XC.

STUDY OF SELECTION.

THE DAFFODILS.

I.

I wandered lonely as a cloud

That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,

A host, of golden daffodils;

Beside the lake, beneath the trees,

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

II.

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the Milky Way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay :

Ten thousand saw I at a glance,

Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

III.

The waves beside them danced; but they
Outdid the sparkling waves in glee :
A poet could not but be gay,

In such a jocund company :

I gazed, — and gazed, — but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought :

IV.

For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;

And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH.

Read the first stanza.

Who is meant by I?

instead of walked? What is the use of lonely?

Why is wandered used
To what is the loneli-

ness of the poet compared? What is the office of the second line? To what does that refer? What do the next two lines tell? Where were the daffodils? What is the office of the last line?

Read the second stanza. What do the first four lines describe? How were the daffodils arranged? What is the meaning of margin? Does the poet mean that he saw exactly ten thousand? What does he mean? What are the daffodils said to be doing?

What did the

Read the third stanza. What waves are spoken of? waves do? In what did the daffodils surpass the waves? What is the meaning of the third and fourth lines? What do the last two lines tell?

Read the last stanza. Read the principal clause in the first statement. When do they flash upon the inward eye? What is a vacant mood? What is the meaning of pensive? What does the fourth line describe? Give in your own words the meaning of the first four lines of this stanza. What feeling did this sight awaken in the mind of the poet?

WRITTEN EXERCISES.

I.

Use in sentences of your own the following words:

Copy the following words, and opposite each write another word