TO A WATER-FOWL. Whither, 'midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong; Seek'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide ; There is a Power whose care All day thy wings have fanned And soon that toil shall end; Soon shalt thou find a summer home and rest, And scream among thy fellows; reeds shall bend Soon o'er thy sheltered nest. Thou'rt gone; the abyss of heaven Hath swallowed up thy form. Yet, on my heart Deeply hath sunk the lesson thou hast given, And shall not soon depart. He who, from zone to zone, Guides through the boundless sky thy certain flight, In the long way that I must tread alone, Will lead my steps aright. W. C. BRYANT. GEORGE III.-1760-1820. The American Stamp Act passed, ... Watt's first patent for improved steam-engine, Declaration of American Independence, 1778 1779-1783 1780 1781 ... 1783 Independence of United States acknowledged, Wilberforce first brought the subject of the slave trade Battle of Vittoria, Napoleon withdraws to Elba, The "Times" first printed by steam, Return of Napoleon and battle of Waterloo, Death of Princess Charlotte of Wales, GEORGE IV.-1820-1830. Railway opened between Liverpool and Manchester, 1830 WILLIAM IV.-1830-1837. Revolution of three days in Paris-Charles X. takes 1833 1834 ... Act opening the trade to India, and tea trade to China, forming a new era in British commerce, Slavery abolished in British Colonies, Marriage of Queen Victoria with Prince Albert, Acre bombarded by the British Fleet, 1840 1840 Death of the Duke of Wellington, First Great Exhibition of the Industry of all Nations, Crimean War-Alma, Balaklava, and Inkermann, 1851 1854 Act passed to provide education for all children in England, 1870 FIRST EXERCISES IN COMPOSITION. (Continued from Book V.) CONVERSION OF POETRY INTO PROSE. Change the following Passages into Prose:- Of Nelson and the North Sing the glorious day's renown, All the might of Denmark's crown, And their arms along the deep proudly shone. Changed. Sing the glorious day's renown of Nelson and the North, when all the might of Denmark's crown came forth to fierce battle, and their arms shone proudly along the deep. Saxon, from yonder mountain high I marked thee send delighted eye Deep waving fields and pastures green, With gentle slopes and groves between. Changed.-Saxon, I marked thee send delighted eye from yonder high mountain far to the south and east, where deep waving fields and green pastures lay extended in gay succession, with gentle slopes and groves between. EXERCISES. (1) Thee the voice, the dance obey, (2) Wide were his fields; his herds were large, And numerous were his goats and deer (3) In life's gay morn, when sprightly youth And shines in all the fairest charms Which beauty can disclose; |