[85] Fe-licˊ-i-ty, happiness.
[86] Ruˊ-ral, pertaining to the country.
[87] Su-perˊ-flu-ous, more than is necessary.
[88] Bounˊ-ty, generosity; liberality.
XI.—OLD TIMES.
GERALD GRIFFIN.
Gerald Griffin was born in Ireland in 1803. He was a distinguished novelist and dramatist. He has also written some short poems remarkable for their tenderness of feeling and beauty of expression.
While still a young man he withdrew from the pursuits of literature and joined the Brothers of the Christian Schools. He died in 1840 at the early age of thirty-seven.
1. Old times! old times! the gay old times!