So quicken'd appetite, that I, methought, The earth outstretch'd immense, a prospect wide And various; wondering at my flight and change To this high exaltation; suddenly My guide was gone, and I, methought, sunk down, Best image of myself, and dearer half, This uncouth dream, of evil sprung, I fear, So cheer'd he his fair spouse, and she was cheer'd; But silently a gentle tear let fall From either eye, and wiped them with her hair; So all was clear'd, and to the field they haste. But first from under shady arborous roof, Soon as they forth were come to open sight Of day-spring, and the sun, who, scarce uprisen, With wheels yet hovering o'er the ocean brim, Shot parallel to the earth his dewey ray, Discovering in wide landscape all the east Of Paradise and Eden's happy plains, Lowly they bow'd adoring, and began Their orisons, each morning duly paid In various style; for neither various style Nor holy rapture wanted they to praise Their Maker, in fit strains pronounc'd, or sung Unmeditated; such prompt eloquence Flow'd from their lips, in prose or numerous verse; More tuneable than needed lute or harp To add more sweetness. LOVE. AND said I that my limbs were old, And that I might not sing of love? How could I to the dearest theme In peace, Love tunes the shepherd's reed; 49 53 ........ .. 55 Remarks on reading Prose, Verse, and blank Verse,......... CAUSES OF BAD READING AND SPEAKING. The liquid sound of K, C, or G hard, before the Vowels A and I,... Ibid. 60 Not sounding the H where it ought to be sounded, and the reverse, Ibid. 62 Improper pronounciation of the words for, from and by,. Ibid. Tribute of respect to the Memory of Noah Webster,.... Ibid. 63 ...... When you is to be pronounced like ye, and my like me,. Ibid. When of, for, from and by, are to have a long, and when a short sound,.. Ibid. 65 ... Improper and indistinct pronounciation of the word, not,. Ibid. 67 67 67 Page A Speech delivered at Cheltenham, on the 7th October, 1819, SUBJECTS DESCRIPTIVE AND MISCELLANEOUS. The Self Inflicting Torments of the Gamester...... Godwin. 187 A Description of the field of Battle, where Varus the Roman Eulogy on General Washington,.. .. Tacitus. 188 On General La Fayette's Reception in the United States, in 1824, The Widow and her Son, Reflections on first approaching Rome,. The Capitol, The Forum, The Thermæ, or the Baths of Caracalla, The Pantheon, St. Peters, Description of Etna, Snowdon, The Ocean, The Vale of Tempe, Time, Burial of Sir John Moore, .... Interview between Fitz-James and the Lady of the |