ollowing words: _dark, march, hard, calm,
hearts_.

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Language Lesson.--Let pupils define the following words: _complete,
attract, locate, intent, procrastinate, separate_; then add to each
word as a stem, the ending _ion_, and define the words so formed.

Point out the omissions of letters necessary in joining the stems and
endings.

Let pupils make out an _analysis_ in six parts for the last two
lessons, and use it in writing or telling the story in their own words.

[13] See third paragraph from the end of the lesson.

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LESSON XLIV.

peas'ants, _those who work on farms_.

hedge'rows, _rows of shrubs or trees used to inclose a space_.

tow'ers, _very high buildings_.

an ces'tral, _belonging to a family for a great many years_.

mon'arch, _king; ruler_.

roy'al ty, _kings and queens_.

gifts, _things given; presents_.

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COMMON GIFTS.

The sunshine is a glorious thing,
That comes alike to all,
Lighting the peasant's lowly cot,
The noble's painted hall.

The moonlight is a gentle thing,
Which through the window gleams
Upon the snowy pillow, where
The happy infant dreams.

It shines upon the fisher's boat
Out on the lonely sea,
As well as on the flags which float
On towers of royalty.

The dewdrops of the summer morn
Display their silver sheen
Upon the smoothly shaven lawn,
And on the village green.

There are no gems in monarch's crown
More beautiful than they;
And yet you scarcely notice them,
But tread them off in play.

The music of the birds is heard,
Borne on the passing breeze,
As sweetly from the hedgerows as
From old ancestral trees.

There are as many lovely things,
As many pleasant tones,
For those who dwell by cottage hearths
As those who sit on thrones.

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Directions for Reading.--This lesson should be read with a full and
clear tone of voice. The thoughts expressed are not of a conversational
nature.

In the first stanza, in the contrast between _peasant's lowly cot_ and
_noble's painted hall_, the inflections are _rising circumflexes_
and _falling circumflexes_.

The _rising circumflex_ consists of a downward turn of the voice
followed by an upward turn; the _falling circumflex_, of an u