ing brow:
'Twas there she nursed me; 'twas there she died;
And Memory flows with lava tide.
Say it is folly, and deem me weak,
While the scalding drops start down my cheek;
But I love it, I love it; and cannot tear
My soul from a mother's old Arm-chair.

_Eliza Cook._

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SPELL, a verse or phrase or word supposed to have magical power; a
charm.

HALLOWED, made holy.

HOLLOWED, made a hole out of; made hollow. Use these two words
in sentences of your own.

What is meant by "Memory flows with lava tide?"

Write a two-paragraph description of an old arm-chair. Your imagination
will furnish you with all needed details.

Divide the following words into their syllables, and mark the accented
syllable of each:

absurd, every, nature, mature, leisure, valuable, safety, again, virtue,
ancient, weather, history, poetry, mother, genuine, earliest, fatigued,
business.

The dictionary will aid you.

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crags
break
tongue
thoughts
ha' ven
sail' or
state' ly

BREAK, BREAK, BREAK!

Break, break, break,
On thy cold gray stones, O sea!
And I would that my tongue could utter
The thoughts that arise in me.

O well for the fisherman's boy,
That he shouts with his sister at play!
O well for the sailor lad,
That he sings in his boat on the bay!

And the stately ships go on
To the haven under the hill;
But O for the touch of a vanished hand,
And the sound of a voice that is still!

Break, break, break,
At the foot of thy crags, O sea!
But the tender grace of a day that is dead
Will never come back to me.

_Tennyson_.

[Illustration: Tennyson]

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barns
deaf en ing
i dol' a trous
pon' der
ca lum' ni ate
Be at' i tudes

GOD IS OUR FATHER.

The Old Law, the Law given to the Jews on Mount Sinai, tended to inspire
the fear of God, which is the beginning of wisdom. It was given amidst
fire and smoke, thunders and lightnings, and whatever else could fill
the minds of the Jews with fear and wonder. Compelled, as it were, by
the idolatrous acts of His chosen people, by their repeated rebellions,
and their endless murmurings, God showed Himself to them as the almighty