She led him through the trackless wild,
Where noontide sunbeams never blazed;
The thistle shrunk, the harvest smiled,

And nature gladdened as she gazed.
Earth's thousand tribes of living things,
At Art's command, are to him given;
The village grows, the city springs,
And point their spires of faith to heaven.

In fields of air he writes his name,

And treads the chambers of the sky;
He reads the stars, and grasps the flame
That quivers round the throne on high.

LESSON LXXXIV.

TO THE CONDOR.

WONDROUS, majestic bird! whose mighty wing Dwells not with puny warblers of the springNor on earth's silent breast,

Powerful to soar in strength and pride on high,
And sweep the azure bosom of the sky,-
Chooses its place of rest.

Proud nursling of the tempest, where repose
Thy pinions at the daylight's fading close?
In what far clime of night

Dost thou in silence, breathless and alone,—
While round thee swell of life no kindred tone,-
Suspend thy tireless flight?

The mountain's frozen peak is lone and bare;
No foot of man hath ever rested there;—
Yet 'tis thy sport to soar

Far o'er its frowning summit;-and the plain
Would seek to win thy downward wing in vain,
Or the green sea-beat shore.

The limits of thy course no daring eye
Has marked; thy glorious path of light on high
Is trackless and unknown;

The gorgeous sun thy quenchless gaze may share;
Sole tenant of his boundless realm of air,

Thou art, with him, alone.

Imperial wanderer! the storms that shake
Earth's towers, and bid her rooted mountains quake,
Are never felt by thee!-

Beyond the bolt,-beyond the lightning's gleam,
Basking forever in the unclouded beam,-
Thy home immensity!

And thus the soul, with upward flight like thine,
May track the realms where heaven's own glories shine,
And scorn the tempest's power;-

Yet meaner cares oppress its drooping wings;
Still to earth's joys the sky-born wanderer clings,
Those pageants of an hour!

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GENERAL AND SPECIAL RULES

FOR

PRONOUNCING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

Deduced from the composition of the words themselves, and in most cases, giving an infallible Rule, by which to determine on what syllable the main accent should fall. This point being settled, the places of the semi-accents cannot be mistaken.

EXPLANATIONS.

For the definition of a prefix and suffix, see pages 113 and 130 of "Town's Speller."

By the root of a word, we mean that part which belongs exclusively to the primitive form, and is not combined with any other word, syllable, or letter; as press.

By a separable prefix, we mean that part which may be taken from the primitive root, and leave a significant English word; as from impress, im may be thus taken.

By an inseparable prefix is meant, such combination of a word, syllable, or letter, with the root, that as an English word, a separation of the parts would destroy the English signification of both; as depute, which, in Latin, is composed of de, and puto, but in English they may not be separated.

The classical scholar will readily distinguish what are prefixes, at sight; and the English scholar, by a little attention to Town's Analysis, can do the same.

Penult, means the last syllable but one.

Antepenult, is the last syllable but two.

Rules for applying suffixes, see page 110 of "Speller." It is believed the following Rules will not only contribute to uniformity in pronunciation, but aid in settling the disputed accent of many words.

I. General Rule.-Words of two syllables, the first of which is a separable, or inseparable prefix, commonly take the accent on the second; as de-báse, procláim; but if the first syllable partakes of the root, the accent generally falls on the first; as úr-gent, tál-ent.

NOTE. This rule has an extensive application, and the main exceptions are found in those words which may be used, either as nouns or verbs. When used as nouns, the accent, in most cases, rests on the first syllable; as, an éx-tract, his cón-duct; but when used as verbs, the accent commonly falls on the second; as, to ex-tract, to con-duct.

1st Rule. All words of one syllable, becoming words of two syllables, by adding the following single suffixes, as seen italicised in the examples, invariably retain the accent on the first syllable; viz:

2d Rule. All words of one syllable, becoming words of three or four syllables, by the addition of the following combined suffixes, as italicised, always retain the main accent on the first syllable; viz :

3d Rule. All words of three or more syllables, ending in ability, ibility, ical, ity or ety, have the main accent, invariably, on the antepenult; as sensibility, económical, curiósity.

NOTE. When two vowels come together in words ending in ity, the one under accent is always long, as Deity. If one consonant intervene, all are short except u; as levity. If two consonants intervene, u is short; as curvity.

4th Rule. All that numerous class of words consisting of no more than three syllables, the last letter of which is y, not preceded by a vowel, as in attorney, nor mute e before ly, as in profusely, are very uniformly accented on the first syllable, as félony, ártery.