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RE DING LESSONS. 25
Mark yonder sun that rolls above, Obedient to the will that aims it;
Go watch, when treads the silent moon Her maiden path o'er earth and ocean,
Or see yon host at starry noon
Roll onward with majestic motion.
5. Are these not lovely ? Look again, Count every hue that clothes the valley,
Each grain that gilds the autumn plain, Each song that wakes the vernal alley.
All that in uit or ower is und
To win the taste, or charm the vision ; All-all that sight, or scent, or sound,
Or eling hath ofjoy elysian;
6. That calm that lulls the noontide hour, The mild repose of power appalling,
The rain that eds each opening ower, Like mercy's tear-drops sweetly lling;
Those show what our Creator was,
While man preserved his early duty, What still to those, his later laws
Who keep, in all their stainless beauty.
G. GRIFFIN.
LESSON V I.
THE BANKS OF THE S VA.NN H.
AT1 rosPHERE, n., the mass of air surrounding our globe. F. atmos­ phere, om at os, G., breath, vapour, and haira, a sphere, or globe.
BoTAN1ICAL, a., herby; relating to plants. F. botanique, om botane, G., an herb, om bosko, I ed. 3