"I CAN!" 1. "I CAN!" oh yes, we know you can! We read it in your eye; There is a mystic talisman Flashing all gloriously! Speak it out boldly, let it ring, 2. "I CAN!" climbs to the mountain top, He lifts the hammer in the shop, 8. "I CAN!" He is a fiery youth, And, arm in arm, in love and truth, All firm and fearless still These brothers labor,-true and steady,"I CAN," and brave "I WILL." 4. "I CAN," e'en on his pleasure trips, He plumes the snowy wing of ships, His music is the humming loom, Then clear the way, and quick give room 5. "I CAN!" Indeed, we know you can! To your blood 'tis a busy fan, How can the flame burn dim? And when nor bow, nor bow-string swerves, 6. "There is a magic in the power That makes us stronger every hour, For greater efforts still. Then banish from you every CAN'T, And show yourself a MAN, And nothing will your purpose daunt, Led by the brave "I CAN!" QUESTIONS.-1. What does "I can" do? 2. Who is called his twin brother? 3. What is said of an unbending will? LESSON LVI. CAS' ED, invested. WEAP ON$, instruments for defense, UN WORTHY, undeserving. NOW, TO-DAY. ADELAIDE A. PROCTER. 1. ARISE! for the day is passing, And forth to the fight are gone! A place in the ranks awaits you; Each man has some part to play; 2. ARISE from your dreams of the Future,- Of storming some airy fortress, Of honor, (God grant it may !) 3. ARISE! if the Past detain you, 4. ARISE! for the day is passing; (1) Stay not to sharpen your weapons, effort now, to-day? You may wake to find it past! QUESTIONS.-1. What reasons are assigned why we should arouse to 2. What rule for the falling inflection on arise? See 3. How, according to the notation mark, should the Rule VIII, page 33. last verse be read? LESSON LVII. REV O LUTION, change of govern- [letters. IN' TER VIEW, meeting; conference. CON' SE QUENCE, (CON, with; SEQUENCE, a following,) a following with, as an effect, or result. IM PRESS' IVE, (IM, in; PRESS, to bear upon; IVE, tending to,) tending to press in, or upon; producing an effect. IN VOLV'ED, (IN, in; VOLVED, rolled,) rolled in; enveloped. THE CAPTURE OF MAJOR ANDRE. 1. ONE of the saddest events in the history of the American Revolution is the treason of Arnold, and, in consequence of it, the death of Major Andre. Arnold was an officer in the American army, who, though brave, had a proud and impatient spirit. 2. He fancied he had not all the honor and the pay due for his services, and, having plunged himself into debt by his expensive style of living, these things soured his heart; and, as is the case with ungenerous minds, he never acknowledged a fault, or forgave an injury. More than this, he sought revenge against his countrymen by plotting treason against his country. 3. Soon after forming this bad design, he opened a secret correspondence with the English General, Henry Clinton, and, at the same time, asked General Washington to give him the command of West Point, an important post on the Hudson river. Washington let him have it, and this he determined to betray into the hands of the enemy, provided he could make out of it a good bargain for himself. 4. He wrote to General Clinton what he would do, and asked to have a secret interview with some English officer, in order to agree upon the terms. General Clinton was delighted; for he thought an army divided against itself, must prove an easy conquest, and he asked Major Andre, a gallant young officer, to meet Arnold, and settle the price of his treason. 5. Andre did not wish to engage in such business; but he obeyed, and went up the Hudson in an English sloop-ofwar for this purpose. Arnold agreed to meet him at a certain spot, and when night came on, sent a little boat to bring him ashore. He landed at the foot of a mountain called the Long Clove, on the western side of the river, a few miles from Haverstraw, where he found the traitor hid in a clump. of bushes. 6. Little did poor Andre foresee the fatal consequences of this step. All that still star-light night they sat and talked; daylight came, and the business was not concluded. Arnold dismissed the boatmen, and led his companion to a solitary farm-house on the river's bank, where the papers were finally drawn up, and hid in one of Andre's stockings. |