30
Chief, vassal, page and groom,
Tenant and master.

Fast they come, fast they come;
See how they gather!
Wide waves the eagle plume, 35
Blended with heather.
Cast your plaids, draw your blades,
Forward each man set!
Pibroch of Donuil Dhu
Knell for the onset! 40

--_Sir Walter Scott_

HERD, UNINTERR'D. What sound has the vowel _e_?
(Appendix A, 1.)

GENTLES AND COMMONS; NETS AND BARGES; FIGHTING GEAR;
BROADSWORDS AND TARGES; FORESTS ARE RENDED; NAVIES ARE
STRANDED. (Appendix A, 3 and 6.)

For Pause read (Introduction, pp. 7 and 8.)

How is the gradually increasing excitement and energy
indicated in Time, Pitch, and Force? (Introduction, pp.
13, 23, and 27.)

* * * * *

THE DAY IS DONE

The day is done, and the darkness
Falls from the wings of Night,
As a feather is wafted downwards
From an eagle in its flight.

I see the lights of the village 5
Gleam through the rain and the mist,
And a feeling of sadness comes o'er me,
That my soul cannot resist:

A feeling of sadness and longing,
That is not akin to pain, 10
And resembles sorrow only
As the mist resembles the rain.

Come, read to me some poem,
Some simple and heartfelt lay,
That shall soothe this restless feeling, 15
And banish the thoughts of day.

Not from the grand old masters,
Not from the bards sublime,
Whose distant footsteps echo
Through the corridors of Time. 20

For, like strains of martial music,
Their mighty thoughts suggest
Life's endless toil and endeavour;
And to-night I long for rest.

Read from some humbler poet, 25
Whose songs gushed from his heart,
As showers from the clouds of summer,
Or tears from the eyelids start;

Who, through long days of labour,
And nights devoid of ease, 30
Still heard in his soul the music
Of wonderful melodies.

Such songs have power to quiet
The restless pulse of care,
And come like the benediction 35
That follows after prayer.

Then read from th