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wear a hue of uncertainty and death. His own life appeared to him a thing so frail, that it seemed as if about to pass away on· every breeze that shook the Burrounding leaves. Every object that had given him pleasure, served now only to give more poignan­ cy to his a iction. Even those to which he had hitherto been bound in love, were regarded by him with an indescribable eling of anxiety and appre­ hension.
4. "Why waste my thoughts upon them?" he said, as his eyes rested on some vourite object. "How long shall I possess them? hey, too, may die like Moirni. I see that love is no less the source of pain than of delight, with this sad di erence, ,that the joy is short-lived, but the pain remains. And yet, what is li without it? Why cannot I nd something to love, over which death and time can have no power? It is true, I have loved the owers and sunshine of the summer, yet seen them de without regret, because I knew that the next spring would bring them back with all their loveliness and odour. But what spring shall ever restore life and beauty to the inhabitants of the grave! what summer shall bring back Moirni!"
G. GRIFFIN.
LESSON XI.
DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM.
lNs?RREC1TI0Ni n., a seditious rising. L. insurrectio, om surgo, I rise.
OHRIS1TIAN, n., one who believes and pro sses the doctrine of Christ. L. christiani,s, om ristos, G., the Anointed.
REBEL1LION, n., a rising up in arms against lawful authority. F. re­ bellion, om belluin, L., war.