Yet here the brightest seraphs could no more 2. All nature faints beneath the mighty name, And one vast object fills my aching sight. 3. But soon, alas! this holy calm is broke; My soul submits to wear her wonted' yoke; 6 5 'Sphère, world; station or rank in life.-2 Sub side', settle down.Im påt'u ous, hasty; forcible. - E mỏ' tions, feelings. - Pageants (på'jents), splendid shows - Infinite (in' fe nit), that which is without bounds. Wonted (wůnt' ed), accustomed; usual. -8 In' cense, the odors of spices and gums burned in religious rites; acceptable prayers and praises.—' Såp' pli ant, one who asks a favor. From each terrestrial' bondage set me free; Where briers wound, and thorns perplex my way,- 8. With thee in shady solitudes I walk, 'Ter res' tri al, belonging to the earth.-2 E lùde', escape.- Là' tent, hidden; concealed.—' Si' ren, a fabled goddess of the ancients who en ticed men by singing, and devoured them; hence, an enticing woman.— Em bla' zoned, painted in bright colors.- Mys' tic, not easily under stood; used as a sign. Secure within the temple of thin arms, From anxious cares, from gloomy terrors free, 9. Then, when the last, the closing hour draws nigh, MRS. BARBAuld. 1. 118. THE UNIVERSAL PRAYER. FATHER of all! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, 2. Thou great First Cause, least understood, To know but this, that thou art good, 3. Yět gave me, in this dark estate, 4. What conscience' dictates to be done, This teach me more than hell to shun, 1 Om nip' o tent, all-powerful. - Re cèdes', departs; goes back.8 Trản' si to ry, passing away soon.- Conscience (kon' shens), the fac ulty within us which judges of our conduct with regard to some standard of right or wrong. When this or that are thus used, this means the latter thing spoken of, and that, the former. In this stanza, this means "What conscience warns me not to do;" that, what "Conscience dictates to be done." 5. What blessings thy free bounty gives, Let me not cast away; For God is paid when man receives,— 6. Yet not to earth's contracted span When thousand worlds are round. 7. Let not this weak, unknowing hand 8. If I am right, thy grace impart To find that better way. heart 9. Save me alike from foolish pride, At aught thy wisdom has denied, 10 Teach me to feel another's woe; 11. Mean though I am, not whōlly so, 12. This day be bread and peace my lot; 1 Quick' ened, made alive. 13. To Thee, whose temple is all space, All nature's incense rise! ALEXANDER POPE. ONE 119. AN INTERVIEW WITH A MALAY. NE day a Malay' knocked at my door. What business a Malay could have to transact among English mountains, I can not conjecture; but possibly he was on his road to a seaport, about forty miles distant. The servant who opened the door to him was a young girl, born and bred among the mountains, who had never seen an Asiatic' dress of any sort his turban, therefore, confounded her not a little; and, as it turned out that his attainments in English were exactly of the same extent as hers in the Malay, there seemed to be an impassable gulf fixed between all communication of ideas, if either party had happened to possess any. 4 2. In this dilemma, the girl recollecting the reputed learning of her master (and, doubtless, giving me credit for a knowledge of all the languages of the earth, besides, perhaps, a few of the lunar ones), came and gave me to understand that there was a sort of demon below, whom she clearly imagined that my art could exorcise from the house. I did not immediately go down; but when I did, the group which presented itself, arranged as it was by accident, though not very elaborate,' took hold of my fancy and my eye in a way that none of the statuesque attitudes exhibited in the ballets at the opera-house, though so ostentatiously complex," had ever done. 10 1 Ma lay', a native of Malacca or Malaya.- Asiatic (à she åt' ik), relating to Asia.—3 Turban (tår' ban), a head-dress worn in the East.* Di lẻm' ma, perplexing condition; a difficult or doubtful choice.— "Lu'nar, belonging to the moon.-- Ex' or cise, to expel, as evil spirits; to free from evil influences, by calling on some holy name.— -'E låb' orate, made with great labor and care.- Statuesque (ståt yu êsk'), resembling statues. Bål' lets, dances of a particular kind, accompanied with gestures.- 'Op' e ra-house, a house in which operas, or musical dramas, are given.—11 Ostentatiously (os ten tå' shus ly), with vain display.— 12 Com' plex, composed of many parts. 10 |