Page 142 - Third Book of Reading Lessons

READING LESSO NS. 141
Away he went, and having und him out,
"Sir, be so good as to resolve a doubt."
Then to his last in rmant he referred,
And begged to know, if true what he had heard: "Did you, sir, throw up a black crow?"-" Not I." " Bless me ! how people propagate a lie !
Black crows have been thrown up, three, two, and
one;
"Crow,-crow,-perhaps I might, now I recall The matter over."-" And pray, sir, what was't " "Why, I was horrid sick, and at the last
I did throw up, and told my neighbour so, Something that was-a· s black, sir, as a crow."
BYROM.
T DISTINCTION OF AGES.
THE seven rst years of life (man's break of day) Gleams of short sense, a dawn of thought display; When urteen springs have bloom'd his downy cheek, His so and blush l meanings learn to speak; From twenty-one proud manhood takes its date, Yet is not strength complete till twenty-eight; Thence to.bis ve-and-thirtieth, li 's gay re Sparkles, burns loud, and ames in erce desire: At rty-two, his eyes grave wisdom wear,
And the dark future dims him o'er with care; On to the nine-and- rtieth, toils increase, And busy hopes and ars disturb his peace; At fty-six, cool reason reigns entire,
Then li burns steady, and with temp'rate re;
And here, I nd, all comes at last to none I Did you say anything of a crow at all?"