EXERCISE VII.—PUNCTUATION.
Copy the following MIXED EXAMPLES, and insert the points which they require.
To whom can riches give repute or trust
Content or pleasure but the good and just Pope
To him no high no low no great no small
He fills he bounds connects and equals all Id
Reasons whole pleasure all the joys of sense
Lie in three words health peace and competence Id
Not so for once indulged they sweep the main
Deaf to the call or hearing hear in vain Anon
Say will the falcon stooping from above
Smit with her varying plumage spare the dove Pope
Throw Egypts by and offer in its stead
Offer the crown on Berenices head Id
Falsely luxurious will not man awake
And springing from the bed of sloth enjoy
The cool the fragrant and the silent hour Thomson
Yet thus it is nor otherwise can be
So far from aught romantic what I sing Young
Thyself first know then love a self there is
Of virtue fond that kindles at her charms Id
How far that little candle throws his beams
So shines a good deed in a naughty world Shakspeare
You have too much respect upon the world
They lose it that do buy it with much care Id
How many things by season seasoned are
To their right praise and true perfection Id
Canst thou descend from converse with the skies
And seize thy brothers throat For what a clod Young
In two short precepts all your business lies
Would you be great—be virtuous and be wise Denham
But sometimes virtue starves while vice is fed
What then is the reward of virtue bread Pope
A life all turbulence and noise may seem
To him that leads it wise and to be praised
But wisdom is a pearl with most success
Sought in still waters and beneath clear skies Cowper
All but the swellings of the softened heart
That waken not disturb the tranquil mind Thomson
Inspiring God who boundless spirit all
And unremitting energy pervades
Adjusts sustains and agitates the whole Id
Ye ladies for indifferent in your cause
I should deserve to forfeit all applause
Whatever shocks or gives the least offence
To virtue delicacy truth or sense
Try the criterion tis a faithful guide
Nor has nor can have Scripture on its side. Cowper