II.

"CHANGES not so with us, my Skene,
Of human life the varying scene?
Our youthful summer oft we see
Dance by on wings of game and glee,
While the dark storm reserves its rage,
Against the winter of our age;
As he, the ancient chief of Troy,
His manhood spent in peace and joy ;
But Grecian fires, and loud alarms,
Called ancient Priam forth to arms.

Then happy those-since each must drain
His share of pleasure, share of pain-
Then happy those, beloved of heaven,
To whom the mingled cup is given ;
Whose lenient sorrows find relief,

Whose joys are chastened by their grief."

1. The doctrine of sounds.

2. A departure.

3. A town of Peru.

4. A city, and county of itself.

5. A funeral poem.

III.

"THE daisies peep from every field, And violets sweet their odour yield; The purple blossom paints the thorn, And streams reflect the blush of morn. "Let lusty Labour drop his flail,

Nor woodman's hook a tree assail; The ox shall cease his neck to bow, And Clodden yield to rest the plough. "Lo! Sol looks down with radiant eye, And throws a smile around his sky; Embracing hill, and vale, and stream, And warming Nature with his beam. "The insect tribes in myriads pour, And kiss with zephyr every flower; And these our icy hearts reprove, And tell us we are foes to love! Then, lads and lasses, all be gay, For this is Nature's holiday!"

1. A ray of light.

2. A town of Sicily.
3. The tooth of an elephant.

4. Where the grass grows.
5. An animal like a wolf.

6. A dreadful event.

IV.

"AND ne'er did Grecian chisel trace

A Nymph, a Naiad, or a Grace,
Of finer form, or lovelier face!

A chieftain's daughter seemed the maid ;
Her satin snood, her silken plaid,

Her golden brooch, such birth betray'd.
And seldom was a snood amid

Such wild luxuriant ringlets hid,

Whose glossy black to shame might bring
The plumage of the raven's wing;
And seldom o'er a breast so fair
Mantled a plaid with modest care;

And never brooch the folds combined

Above a heart more good and kind.

The King's stout huntsman saw the sport,

By strange intruder broken short,

Came

up, and with his leash unbound, In anger struck the noble hound.”

1. Full of incidents.

2. A town of France.

3. A breakfast accompaniment.
4. A stone of remembrance.

5. A character in the "Pirate."

V.

THE SECOND DENOTES THE APPROACH OF
THE FIRST.

"It comes! it comes! the clouds condensing swell,
And, like a rushing cataract, downward pour
A mass of prisoned waters; as it fell

A whirlwind swept the sea, and shook the shore; While Ocean rose, and with reverbering roar Dashed its high billows o'er the rocky strand, Responsive to the thunder-peal, that tore

The boundless firmament, while Death's dark band, Storm, Fire, Wind, Hail, went forth to work their Lord's command.”

1. The son of Raguel.
2. One of the Muses.

3. A German coin.

4. A circular building.

5. A mountain of Arabia.

6. One of Shakspeare's plays.

7. An industrious insect.
8. An organ of sensation.
9. A pretty and useful berry.

VI.

OFTEN A TROUBLE TO BRITISH YOUTH.

"THE spur is powerful, and I grant its force; It pricks the genius forward in its course, Allows short time for play, none for sloth!”

1. An important office in London, an inferior one in the country.

2. A precious stone.

3. A national force.

4. A wanderer on earth.

5. A city on the Dead Sea.

6. A modern poet.

7. A rich and valuable country.

8. A movable habitation.

9. A pronoun repeated.

10. An ill-tempered woman.

11. A pleasant style of journey.