Are round thy city. Yet be firm of heart,
Nor grieve forever. Sorrow for thy son
Will profit nought; it cannot bring the dead
To life again, and while thou dost afflict
Thyself for him fresh woes may fall on thee.
—The Iliad.
The subject may be presented to the class somewhat in the manner of the following lesson:
Suppose you were very busy studying your reading lesson, and you were just about to read aloud a sentence like this:
There’s a good time coming, boys,