"The lame, the blind, and the aged, repose in hospitals. "Justice is dispensed to all: law sits steady on her throne.” 4.[SABBATH MORNING.]-Grahame. "How still the morning of the hallowed day! The ploughboy's whistle, and the milkmaid's song The blackbird's note comes mellower from the dale To look unmoved upon that heaving waste, As wide, as terrible, and yet sometimes "And thou must sail upon this sea, a long Eventful voyage. The wise may suffer wreck, The foolish must. Oh! then be early wise! Learn from the mariner his skilful art To ride upon the waves, and catch the breeze, 2.[COSROU'S ADDRESS TO MIRZA.] — Hawksworth. "Be not offended: I boast of no knowledge that I have not received. As the sands of the desert drink up the drops of the rain, or the dew of the morning, so do I also, who am but dust, imbibe the instructions of the Prophet. Believe, then, it is he who tells thee, all knowledge is profane which terminates in thyself; and by a life wasted in speculation, little even of this can be gained. When the gates of paradise are thrown open before thee, thy mind shall be irradiated in a moment: here, thou canst do little more than pile error upon error, - there thou shalt build truth upon truth. fore, for the glorious vision. Wait, there "Much is in thy power; and therefore much is expected of thee. Though the Almighty only can give virtue, yet, as a prince, thou mayest stimulate those to beneficence, who act from no higher motive than immediate interest: thou canst not produce the principle, but mayst enforce the practice. Let thy virtue be thus diffused; and if thou believest with reverence, thou shalt be accepted above. "Farewell! May the smile of Him who resides in the heaven of heavens, be upon thee; and against thy name, in the volume of His will, may happiness be written!" II.-"Serious" Style. (Tone, smooth and level, but spirited.) 1.[USES OF KNOWLEDGE.]-Alison. "One great end to which all knowledge ought to be employed, is the welfare of humanity. Every science is the foundation of some art beneficial to men; and while the study of it leads us to see the beneficence of the laws of nature, it calls upon us also to follow the great end of the Father of nature, in their employment and application. "I need not say what a field is thus opened to the benevolence of knowledge; I need not tell you, that, in every department of learning, there is good to be done to mankind. I need not remind you, that the age in which we live has given us the noblest examples in this kind, and that science now finds its highest glory in improving the condition, or in allaying the miseries of humanity.” 2.-[EARLY RISING.]-Hurd. "Rise with the lark, and with the lark to bed. Her oriental veil puts off? Think why, 3.[COUNSELS OF POLONIUS TO LAERTES.]-Shakspeare. "These few precepts in thy memory Look thou character. Give thy thoughts no tongue, Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar. But do not dull thy palm with entertainment Of each new-hatched unfledged comrade. Beware Of entrance to a quarrel; but, being in, Bear it that the opposer may beware of thee. Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice : But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy; III. “Animated,” or Lively Style. (Tone smooth, but inclining to high.) 1.- [MORNING.]-Beattie. "The cottage curs at early pilgrim bark; Crowned with her pail the tripping milkmaid sings; The whistling ploughman stalks afield; and hark! Down the rough slope the ponderous wagon rings; Through rustling corn the hare astonished springs, Slow tolls the village clock the drowsy hour; The partridge bursts away on whirring wings; Deep mourns the turtle in sequestered bower, And shrill lark carols clear from her aërial tower." 2.- [MORNING.]-Thomson. "With quickened step, Brown Night retires: young Day pours in And opens all the lawny prospect wide. арасе, The dripping rock, the mountain's misty top, And from the bladed field the fearful hare Limps awkward; while along the forest glade The wild deer trip, and often, turning, gaze At early passenger. Music awakes And thick around the woodland hymns arise. 3.- [ANIMAL HAPPINESS.]-Paley. "The atmosphere is not the only scene of animal enjoyment. Plants are covered with insects, greedily sucking their juices, and constantly, as it should seem, in the act of sucking. It cannot be doubted that this is a state of gratification. What else should fix them so closely to the operation and so long? Other species are running about, with an alacrity in their motions, which carries with it every mark of pleasure. Large patches of ground are sometimes half covered with these brisk and sprightly natures. "If we look to what the waters produce, shoals of the fry of fish frequent the margins of rivers, of lakes, and of the sea itself. These are so happy, that they know not what to do with themselves. Their attitudes, their vivacity, their leaps out of the water, their frolics in it, all conduce to show their excess of spirits, and are simply the effects of that excess." IV.-"Gay," or Brisk, Style. (Tone, smooth and high.) 1.[RUSTIC SUPERSTITIONS.]-Milton. "Then to the spicy nut brown ale, With stories told of many a feat, How fairy Mab the junkets eat: Tells how the drudging goblin sweat, And, stretched out all the chimney's length, |