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The king loved him most tenderly, and took care to have him recognized as his successor by the states of England; and carried him over to Normandy, in the north of France, to receive the homage of the barons of that duchy.

2. Having performed the requisite ceremony, the king set sail for England, accompanied by a splendid retinue of the principal nobility. William, his son, was detained by some accident, for several hours;—and the crew having spent the interval in drinking, became so intoxicated, that they ran the ship upon a rock and it was immediately dashed in pieces.

3. The prince was put into a boat, and might have escaped had he not been called back by the cries of his sister. He prevailed upon the sailors to row back and take her in;—but no sooner had the boat approached the wreck, than numbers who had been left, jumped into it, and the whole were drowned. King Henry, when he heard of the death of his son, fainted away, and from that moment, he never smiled again.

He never smiled again.-MRS. HEMANS.

1. The bark* that held a prince went down,
The sweeping waves rolled on,
And what was England's glorious crown
To him that wept a son?

He lived—for life may long be borne
Ere sorrow break its chain;

Why comes not death to those who mourn?

-He never smiled again.

2. There stood proud forms around his throne,
The stately and the brave;

But which could fill the place of one?
That one beneath the wave.

Before him passed the young and fair,
In pleasure's reckless train;

But seas dash'd o'er his son's bright hair—
-He never smiled again.

3. He sat where festal bowls went round;
He heard the minstrel† sing;

He saw the tourney's victor crowned,
Amidst the knightly ring.

* Bark, a small vessel.

+ Minstrel, a singer and musical performer on instruments. + Pronounced tur'-ne, a martial sport or exercise.

A murmur of the restless deep
Was blent with every strain;

A voice of winds that would not sleep-
—He never smiled again.

4. Hearts in that time closed o'er the trace
Of vows once fondly pour'd;

And strangers took the kinsman's place
At many a joyous board.

Graves which true love had bathed with tears,
Were left to heaven's bright rain;
Fresh hopes were born for other years-
-He never smiled again.

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The Shepherd and the Philosopher.
1. REMOTE from cities liv'd a swain,*
Unvex'd with all the cares of gain:
His head was silver'd o'er with age,
And long experience made him sage;
In summer's heat and winter's cold,
He fed his flock and penn'd the fold;
His hours in cheerful labor flew,
Nor envy nor ambition knew:
His wisdom and his honest fame
Through all the country rais'd his name.
2. A deep philosopher, whose rules
Of moral life were drawn from schools,
The shepherd's homely cottage sought,
And thus explor'd his reach of thought.

"Whence is thy learning? Hath thy toil
O'er books consum'd the midnight oil?
Hast thou old Greece and Rome survey'd,
And the vast sense of Platot weigh'd?
Hath Socrates thy soul refin'd,

And hast thou fathom'd Tully's‡ mind?

*Swain, a shepherd..

+ Plato, an illustrious Grecian philosopher-died at Athens, 348 B. C. + Marcus Tullius Cicero, one of the greatest men of antiquity, whether we consider him as an orator, a statesman, or philosopher. He was born at Arpinum, (now included in the kingdom of Naples,) 107 B. C. He was baseÎy assassinated by order of Mark Anthony, 42 B. C.

Or, like the wise Ulysses,* thrown,
By various fates, on realms unknown,
Hast thou through many cities stray'd,
Their customs, laws, and manners weigh'd?"
3. The shepherd modestly replied,
"I ne'er the paths of learning tried;
Nor have I roam'd in foreign parts,
To read mankind, their laws and arts;
For man is practis'd in disguise,
He cheats the most discerning eyes.
Who by that search shall wiser grow?
By that ourselves we never know.
The little knowledge I have gain'd
Was all from simple nature drain'd;
Hence my life's maxims took their rise,
Hence grew my settled hate of vice.
4. “The daily labors of the bee
Awake my soul to industry.
Who can observe the careful ant,
And not provide for future want?
My dog (the trustiest of his kind)
With gratitude inflames my mind.
I mark his true, his faithful way,
And in my service сору Tray;
In constancy and nuptial love,
I learn my duty from the dove.
The hen, who from the chilly air,
With pious wing protects her care,
And every fowl that flies at large,
Instructs me in a parent's charge.

5. "From nature too, I take my rule,
To shun contempt and ridicule.
I never, with important air,
In conversation overbear.

Can grave and formal pass for wise,
When men the solemn owl despise ?
My tongue within my lips I rein;
For who talks much, must talk in vain.
We from the wordy torrent fly;
Who listens to the chatt'ring pief?

*A Grecian commander at the siege of Troy.
+Pie, the magpie, a chattering bird resembling a crow.

Nor would I, with felonious flight,
By stealth invade my neighbor's right.
6. " Rapacious animals we hate;

Kites, hawks, and wolves, deserve their fate,
Do not we just abhorrence find
Against the toad and serpent kind?
But envy, calumny, and spite,
Bear stronger venom in their bite.
Thus ev'ry object of creation

Can furnish hints to contemplation?
And from the most minute and mean,
A virtuous mind can morals glean."

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7. "Thy fame is just," the sage replies,
Thy virtue proves thee truly wise.
Pride often guides the author's pen,
Books as affected are as men:
But he, who studies nature's laws,
From certain truth his maxims draws;
And those without our schools, suffice
To make men moral, good, and wise.”

LESSON XLVII.

The Youth and the Philosopher.—WHITEHEAD.

1. A GRECIAN youth, of talents rare,
Whom Plato's philosophic care
Had formed for virtue's nobler view,

By precept and example too,

Would often boast his matchless skill,

To curb the steed, and guide the wheel;
And as he pass'd the gazing throng,

With graceful ease, and smack'd the thong,
The idiot wonder they express'd,

Was praise and transport to his breast.

2. At length, quite vain, he needs would show His master what his art could do;

And bade his slaves the chariot lead

To Academus** sacred shade.

* Academus, a man who owned a place near Athens, surrounded with high trees, and adorned with spacious walks. Here Plato opened his school of philosophy, and from this, every place sacred to learning, has been called Academia.

The trembling grove confess'd its fright,
The wood-nymphs started at the sight;
The muses drop the learned lyre,
And to their inmost shades retire.

3. Howe'er the youth with forward air,
Bows to the sage and mounts the car.
The lash resounds, the coursers spring,
The chariot marks the rolling ring;
And gath❜ring crowds, with eager eyes
And shouts, pursue him as he flies.

4. Triumphant to the goal* return'd,
With noble thirst his bosom burn'd;
And now along the indented plain
The self-same track he marks again,
Pursues with care the nice design,
Nor ever deviates from the line.
Amazement seiz'd the circling crowd;
The youths with emulation glow'd;
Ev'n beardedt sages hail'd the boy;
And all but Plato gaz'd with joy.

5. For he, deep-judging sage, beheld
With pain the triumphs of the field;
And when the charioteer drew nigh,
And flush'd with hope, had caught his eye,
"Alas! unhappy youth," he cry'd,
"Expect no praise from me," and sigh'd.
6. With indignation I survey
Such skill and judgment thrown away:
The time profusely squandered there,
On vulgar arts beneath thy care,
If well employ'd, at less expense,
Had taught thee honor, virtue, sense;
And rais'd thee from a coachman's fate
To govern men and guide the state."

LESSON XLVIII.

Naval Action.

1. MR. Richard Hornby, of Stokesly, was master of a merchant ship, the Isabella of Sunderland, in which he sailed from the coast of Norfolk for the Hague, June 1, 1774, in company with three smaller vessels recommended to his care.

Pronounced gole, a starting post.

† Pronounced Beerd ́-ed.

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