Directions for Reading.—This lesson should be read with a full and clear tone of voice. The thoughts expressed are not of a conversational nature.
In the first stanza, in the contrast between peasant's lowly cot and noble's painted hall, the inflections are rising circumflexes and falling circumflexes.
The rising circumflex consists of a downward turn of the voice followed by an upward turn; the falling circumflex, of an upward turn followed by a downward turn.
Let pupils mark the inflections in the last two lines of the poem.
Language Lesson.—Let pupils express the meaning of what is given below in dark type, using a single word for each example.
For those who dwell by cottage hearths,
As those who sit on thrones.
LESSON XLV.
re quest', a wish that is expressed; desire.
har'bor, a sheltered place where ships can anchor.
lo'cate, place; choose as a place to live.
both'er, trouble.
beach, the shore of the sea.
knack, an easy way of doing any thing.
in dulged', gave way to, as to appetite.
ban'quet, a very good dinner or other meal.
rheu'ma tism, a painful trouble in the muscles or joints.