McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader. William Holmes McGuffey

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СКАЧАТЬ A Home'! a Gordon'! was the cry';

       Loud' were the clanging blows';

       Advanced'—forced back'—now low'—now high',

       The pennon sunk'—and rose';

       As bends the bark's mast in the gale',

       When rent are rigging', shrouds', and sail',

       It wavered 'mid the foes'.

       The war, that for a space did fail',

       Now trebly thundering swelled the gale',

       And Stanley'! was the cry;

       A light on Marmion's visage spread',

       And fired his glazing eye':—

       With dying' hand', above his head',

       He shook the fragment of his blade',

       And shouted'—"Victory'!

       Charge', Chester', charge'! On' Stanley', on'!"—

       Were the last words of Marmion.

V. LORD ULLIN'S DAUGHTER.

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      For the inflections and emphasis in this selection, let the pupil be guided by his own judgment.

      A chieftain to the Highlands bound,

       Cries, "Boatman, do not tarry!

       And I'll give thee a silver pound,

       To row us o'er the ferry."

      "Now, who be ye would cross Loch-Gyle

       This dark and stormy water?"

       "Oh! I'm the chief of Ulva's isle,

       And this, Lord Ullin's daughter.

      "And fast before her father's men

       Three days we've fled together,

       For should he find us in the glen,

       My blood would stain the heather.

      "His horsemen hard behind us ride;

       Should they our steps discover,

       Then who will cheer my bonny bride,

       When they have slain her lover?"

      Out spoke the hardy Highland wight

       "I'll go, my chief—I'm ready:

       It is not for your silver bright,

       But for your winsome lady:

      "And, by my word! the bonny bird

       In danger shall not tarry;

       So, though the waves are raging white,

       I'll row you o'er the ferry."

      By this, the storm grew loud apace,

       The water wraith was shrieking;

       And, in the scowl of heaven, each face

       Grew dark as they were speaking.

      But still, as wilder grew the wind,

       And as the night grew drearer,

       Adown the glen rode armed men,

       Their trampling sounded nearer.

      "Oh I haste thee, haste!" the lady cries

       "Though tempest round us gather,

       I'll meet the raging of the skies,

       But not an angry father."

      The boat has left the stormy land,

       A stormy sea before her;

       When, oh I too strong for human hand,

       The tempest gathered o'er her.

      And still they rowed, amid the roar

       Of waters fast prevailing;

       Lord Ullin reached that fatal shore,

       His wrath was changed to wailing.

      For sore dismay through storm and shade

       His child he did discover;

       One lovely hand she stretched for aid,

       And one was round her lover.

      "Come back! come back!" he cried, in grief,

       "Across this stormy water;

       And I'll forgive your Highland chief,

       My daughter! O, my daughter!"

      'T was vain: the loud waves lashed the shore,

       Return or aid preventing;

       The waters wild went o'er his child,

       And he was left lamenting.

      —Thomas Campbell

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF AUTHORS.

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      Name. Name. 1. ALCOTT, LOUISA M. 45. LAMB, CHARLES 2. ALLEN, Mrs. E. A. 46. LONDON TIMES 3. ALLINGHAM, W. 47. LONGFELLOW 4. ARNOLD, GEORGE 48. LOWELL 5. ARTHUR, T. S. 49. MARTINEAU, HARRIET 6. AUDUBON 50. MITCHELL, DONALD G. 7. BANCROFT 51. MONTGOMERY, JAMES 8. BIBLE, THE 52. MOORE 9. BLACK, WILLIAM 53. MORRIS. G. P. 10. BRIGGS, C. F. 54. NOBLE, L. L. 11. BROOKS, C. T. 55. NORTON, MRS. C. E. S. 12. BRYANT 56. O'BRIEN, FITZ-JAMES 13. BUCKINGHAM, J. T. 57. PIATT, J. J. 14. BURRITT, ELIHU 58. PIATT, MRS. S. M. B. 15. CAMPBELL, THOMAS 59. PROCTER, ADELAIDE ANNE 16. CHANNING, WILLIAM ELLERY 60. READ, T. B. 17. COLLINS, WILLIAM 61. RUSSELL, JOHN 18. COOK, ELIZA 62. SANGSTER, MRS. M. E. 19. COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE 63. SAXE, J. G. 20. COWPER 64. SHAKESPEARE 21. DICKENS 65. SHEPHERD 22. DIMOND, WILLIAM 66. SOUTHEY, MRS. C. A. 23. EASTMAN, C. G. 67. SOUTHEY, ROBERT 24. EDGEWORTH, MARIA 68. SPRAGUE, CHARLES 25. FINCH, F. M. 69. STODDARD. R. H. 26. FOLLEN, MRS. E. L. 70. TAYLOR, B. F. 27. GOLDSMITH. 71. TAYLOR, JANE 28. GOODRICH, S. G. 72. TENNYSON 29. GRIMKE', THOMAS S. 73. THACKERAY 30. HALE, Mrs. S. J, 74. THACKER, CELIA 31. HARTE. FRANCIS BRET 75. THOMPSON, D. P. 32. HAWES, W. P. 76. THOMSON, JAMES 33. HAWTHORNE 77. THOREAU, H. D. 34. HELPS, ARTHUR 78. TOOD, JOHN 35. HEMANS, FELICIA D. 79. WARNER, CHARLES DUDLEY 36. HOOD, THOMAS 80. "CAPITAL" (WASHINGTON) 37. HUNT, LEIGH 81. WEBSTER 38. INGELOW, JEAN 82. WEEMS, MASON L. 39. IRVING 83. WHITTIER 40. JERROLD, DOUGLAS 84. WILSON, JOHN 41. JOHNSON, SAMUEL 85. WIRT, WILLIAM 42. KEBLE, СКАЧАТЬ