!" they cry,
And through the Austrian phalanx dart,
As rushed the spears through Arnold's heart;
While instantaneous as his fall,
Rout, ruin, panic, scattered all.
An earthquake could not overthrow
A city with a surer blow.

10. Thus Switzerland again was free,
Thus Death made way for Liberty!

DEFINITIONS.--2. Pha'lanx, a body of troops formed in close array.
Con'scious, sensible, knowing. Kin'dred, those of like nature, relatives.
Ram'part, that which defends from assault, a bulwark. 3. Im-preg'na-ble,
that can not be moved or shaken. Hor'rent, standing out like bristles. 4.
In-sur'gent, rising in opposition to authority. 13. An-ni'hi-lates,
destroys. 7. Ru-mi-na'tion, the act of musing, meditation. 9. Breach, a
gap or opening made by breaking.

NOTES.--The incident related in this poem is one of actual occurrence, and
took place at the battle of Sempach, fought in 1386 A.D., between only
1,300 Swiss and a large army of Austrians. The latter had obtained
possession of a narrow pass in the mountains, from which it seemed
impossible to dislodge them until Arnold von Winkelried made a breach in
their line, as narrated.

Rinaldo is a knight in Tasso's "Jerusalem Delivered" (Canto XVIII, 17-40),
who enters an enchanted wood, and, by cutting down a tree in spite of the
nymphs and phantoms that endeavor in every way to stop him, breaks the
spell; the Christian army are thus enabled to enter the grove and obtain
timber for their engines of war.

LXI. THE ENGLISH SKYLARK.

Elihu Burritt (b. 1810, d. 1879). "the learned blacksmith," was born in
New Britain, Conn. His father was a shoemaker. Having received only a
limited amount of instruction at the district school, he was apprenticed
to a blacksmith about 1827. During his apprenticeship he labored hard at
self-instruction. He worked at his trade many years, from ten to twelve
hours each day, but managed, in the meantime to acquire a knowledge of
many ancient and modern languages. He made translations from several of
these, which were published in the "American Eclectic Review." In 1844 he
commenced the publication of "The Christian Citizen." His leading literary
works are "Sparks from the Anvil," "A Voice from the Forge," "Peace
Papers," and "Walks to John o' Groat's House." From the last of these the
following selection is abridged.

1. Take it in all, no bird in either hemisphere equals the English lark in
heart or voice, for both uni