Word Exercise.
- yeast (yēst)
- aghast (a-gast´)
- icicles (ī´sik-kls)
- whistling (hwis´ling)
- gored
- steered
- skip´per
- fright´ed
- wreck
- frothed
- Span´ish
- haw´thorn
- a-main´
- sheeted
- schoon´er
- whoop´ing
- lăn´tern
- Găl´i-lēe
- Hĕs´pe-rŭs
- hŭr´ri-cāne
Phrase Exercise.
1. To bear him company.—2. Fairy flax.—3. Veering flaw.—4. Spanish Main.—5. The moon had a golden ring.—6. Scornful laugh.—7. I can weather the roughest gale.—8. Stinging blast.—9. Rock-bound coast.—10. In distress.—11. Gleaming light.—12. Stiff and stark.—13. Norman’s Woe.—14. Fitful gusts.—15. By the board.—16. Whooping billow.
The blue skies smile, and flowers bloom on,
And rivers still keep flowing,
The dear God still his rain and sun
On good and ill bestowing.
His pine trees whisper, “Trust and wait!”