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A FORE ST HYMN. 219
7. l\Iy heart is awed within me when I th ink
Of th e great mirac le that still goes on
In silence round me-the perpet ual work
Of Th y creation, finished, yet renewed
For ever. Written on Thy works I read
Th e lesson of Thy own ete rn ity.
Lo ! all grow old and die; but see again
H ow on th e faltering footsteps of decay
Youth presses- ever gay and beautiful youth,
I n all its beautiful forms, Thesc lofty trees
Wave not less proudly that th eir an cestors
Moulder ben eath th em. Oh, th ere is not lost
One of ear th's charms; upon her bosom yet,
A fter th e flight of untold centuries,
Th e freshness of her far beginning lies,
A nd yP.tshall lie. Li fe mocks the idle hate
Of his arch-enemy, Death- yea, seats himself
Upon the tyrant's throne, the sepulchre,
And of the triumphs of his ghastly foe
Makes his own nourishm ent. F or he came forth
From Thine own bosom, and shall have no end.
W. C. BRYANT.
ar'-chi-trave
sup-pli-ca-tion
twi~light
in-ac-ces-si-ble
sanc-tu-a-ries
ac-cept-ance
ver'-dant
com-miin-ion
fan-tas-tic
sol-i-tude
con-tin-u-al
tran-quil-Ii-ty
im-mov-a-ble
an-n i-hi-lat-ed
cor'-on-al
em-a-na-tion
mir-a-cle
an-ces-tors
sep-ul-chre
nour- ish-ment
" . OR D E.'CERCISE:-
1. Anal yze th e word inaccessible, sho wing t he force of each part,
2. Explain th e two meanings of untold, an d giv e sentences showing
th e use of each.
3. Point out the cases of Personifi cation in th e poem.
For X OTES , Bee JXVJt S68.