And Knowledge spreads them on her ample lap; 5. Alas! the lofty city! and alas! The trebly hundred triumphs! and the day Alas! for Earth! for never shall we see That brightness in her eye she bore when Rome was free, LESSON LXXVI. KING EDWARD, § WARWICK, || AND SUFFOLK.-FRANKLIN. I would be private; therefore, wait without; Keep Warwick from my sight, Warwick. Behold him here; [Exit Suffolk. Enter Warwick.] No welcome guest, it seems, unless I ask My lord of Suffolk's leave: there was a time * Mi'rage, (me-räzhe,) an optical illusion arising from an unequal refraction in the lower strata of the atmosphere, causing objects to appear as if suspended in the air. It is frequently seen in deserts, presenting the appearance of water. † Bru ́tus, Tully, Vir'gil. See notes, pp. 138, 29, and 68. Liv'y or Liv'i-us, (Titus,) a celebrated Latin historian, born in the year 59 B. He spent twenty years in writing a history of Rome, and died A. D. 16. Edward IV., king of England, born in 1441. Warwick, see p. 154 When Warwick wanted not his aid to gain Admission here. Ed. There was a time, perhaps, When Warwick more desired, and more deserved it. War. Never! I've been a foolish, faithful slave: All my best years, the morning of my life, Have been devoted to your service. What Are now the fruits? Disgrace and infamy;. My spotless name which never yet the breath Of calumny had tainted, made the mock For foreign fools to carp at: but 't is fit, Who trust in princes, should be thus rewarded. Ed. I thought, my lord, I had full well repaid Your services with honors, wealth, and power Unlimited thy all-directing hand : Guided in secret every latent wheel Of government, and moved the whole machine: War. Who gave that cipher worth, and seated thes Dug from its sordid mine the useless ore, And stamped it with a diadem. Thou knowest, Tossed for so many years in the rough sea In that distressful hour, I seized the helm, Bade the rough wave subside in peace, and steered You may despise, perhaps, that useless aid Which you no longer want; but know, proud youth, He who forgets a friend, deserves a foe. Ed. Know too, reproach for benefits received, Pays every debt, and cancels obligation. War. Why, that indeed is frugal honesty,A thrifty, saving knowledge: when the debt. Grows burdensome, and cannot be discharged, A sponge will wipe out all, and cost you nothing. Ed. When you have counted o'er the numerous train Of mighty gifts your bounty lavished on me, You may remember next the injuries Which I have done you; let me know them all, And I will make you ample satisfaction. War. Thou canst not; thou hast robbed me of a jewel It is not in thy power to restore. I was the first, shall future annals say, That broke the sacred bonds of public trust And mutual confidence: embassadors, In after-times, mere instruments, perhaps, Of venal statesmen, shall recall my name That haunt your court, could none be found but Warwick, Ed. And wouldst thou turn the vile reproach on me? If I have broke my faith and stained the name Of England, thank thy own pernicious counsels That urged me to it, and extorted from me A cold consent to what my heart abhorred. War. I've been abused, insulted, and betrayed: My injured honor cries aloud for vengeance; Her wounds will never close! Ed. These gusts of passion Will but inflame them. If I have been right As deep, though not so fatal; such, perhaps, War. Elizabeth! Ed. Nay, start not: I have cause To wonder most. I little thought, indeed, But I've discovered all! War. And so have I. Too well I know thy breach of friendship there, - War. "Tis false! You knew it all, and meanly took occasion, Your kingdom could not purchase. Ed. How know you that? but be it as it may, I had a right, nor will I tamely yield My claim to happiness, the privilege War. Prerogative! What's that? the boast of tyrants, A borrowed jewel, glittering in the crown With specious luster, lent but to betray. Ed. And therefore do I prize it; I would guard But when proud faction and her rebel crew War. Go to your darling people, then; for soon, Their boasted zeal, and see if one of them Will dare to lift his arm up in your cause, Ed. Is it so, my lord? Then mark my words: I've been your slave too long, But henceforth, know, proud peer, I am thy master, His power to others' hands, but ill deserves War. Look well then to your own: It sits but loosely on your head; for know, Ed. Nor he who threatened Edward. You may repent it, sir. My guards there! seize LESSON LXXVII. COMPARATIVE SMALLNESS OF THE EARTH. CHALMERS. [The reader may note the emphatic words in this piece, and tell whether they are made so by absolute or antithetic emphasis. See p. 55 and 66.] 1. Though this earth and these heavens were to disappear, there are other worlds which roll afar; the light of |