Their leaders fallen, their standards lost.
Summer Storm.
James Russell Lowell.
[Abbreviated for Concert Recitation.]
[The following selection is peculiarly effective for concert recitation on account of the great number and variety of vocal changes. The italicized words should be given with abrupt, explosive sounds; the italicized final consonants with extreme distinctness of articulation; the pauses indicated by dashes should be exaggerated, and the time most accurately marked.]
Suddenly—all the sky is hid
As with the shutting of a lid.
One—by—one—great—drops—are falling,