In short and musty straw ? Alack, alack !

'Tis wonder that thy life and wits, at once, Had not concluded all ! ”

Compassion.

Brutus, [on the night before the battle of Philippi, to the boy Lucius, his attendant.]

("Pure tone":"Subdued" force:

"Median stress":

Mid

dle pitch '' : "Semitone proper," and "chromatic third," prevalent.)

"Bear with me, good boy, I am much forgetful. Canst thou hold up thy heavy eyes awhile,

And touch thy instrument a strain or two?

I trouble thee too much; but thou art willing.
I should not urge thy duty past thy might
I know young bloods lack for a time of rest.

I will not hold thee long : if I do live,

I will be good to thee. [Lucius plays and sings.]
This is a sleepy tune: O murderous Slumber!
Lay'st thou thy leaden mace upon my boy,

That plays thee music?-Gentle knave, good night!
I will not do thee so much wrong to wake thee.

If thou dost nod, thou break'st thy instrument :
I'll take it from thee; and, good boy, good night!"

Pity and Tenderness.

Miranda, [to Ferdinand, when he is undergoing the task of carrying and piling logs, at the commmand of her father.]

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("Pure tone": "Subdued" force : "Median" and "Vanishing stress : High pitch":"Semitone proper," and "chromatic fifth," throughout.)

"Alas! now, pray you,

Work not so hard: I would the lightning had

Burned up those logs, that you are enjoined to pile!
Pray, set it down, and rest, you : when this burns,

"T will weep for having wearied you. My father
Is hard at study, —pray now, rest yourself:
He's safe for these three hours.

"If you'll sit down,

I'll bear your logs the while: pray give me that,
I'll carry it to the pile!

Feminine Grief and Sorrow.

["Death of a Child at Sea."]

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("Pure tone": "Subdued" force: "Median stress "; High pitch":"Semitone," throughout, and occasional "chromatic

third.")

'My boy refused his food, forgot to play,
And sickened on the water, day by day;

He smiled more seldom on his mother's smile;
He prattled less, in accents void of guile,
Of that wild land, beyond the golden wave,
Where I, not he, was doomed to be a slave;
Cold o'er his limbs the listless languor grew;
Paleness came o'er his eye of placid blue,
Pale mourned the lily where the rose had died;
And timid, trembling, came he to my side.
He was my all on earth. Oh! who can speak
The anxious mother's too prophetic woe,
Who sees death feeding on her dear child's cheek,
And strives, in vain, to think it is not so?
Ah! many a sad and sleepless night I passed,
O'er his couch, listening in the pausing blast,
While on his brow, more sad from hour to hour,
Drooped wan dejection like a fading flower!"

Manly Grief and Sadness.

[The exile of the "Forest Sanctuary," recalling his wife's vesper hymn at sea.]

("Effusive orotund": "Subdued" force:

"Median stress":

"Low pitch"; "Semitone" prevalent, with occasional "chromatic third.")

"Thy sad, sweet hymn, at eve, the seas along,

Oh! the deep soul it breathed! the love, the woe, The fervor, poured in that full gush of song,

As it went floating through the fiery glow
Of the rich sunset! - bringing thoughts of Spain,
With all her vesper voices, o'er the main,

Which seemed responsive in its murmuring flow. — 'Ave sanctissima!' — how oft that lay

Hath melted from my heart the martyr strength away!

'Ora

pro nobis, mater!'- What a spell

Was in those notes, with day's last glory dying,
On the flushed waters!. seemed they not to swell
From the far dust wherein my sires were lying,
With crucifix and sword?-Oh! yet how clear
Comes their reproachful sweetness to mine ear!
'Ora!' with all the purple waves replying, -

All my youth's visions rising in the strain ;-
And I had thought it much to bear the rack and chain!"

Regret, Penitence, Contrition.

[Reflections and resolve of the Prodigal Son.]

("Pure tone": "Subdued" force: "Vanishing" stress: "Low pitch": "Semitone," throughout, with occasional "chromatic third.")

"How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants!

Complaint.

[Lamentation of Job.]

("Aspirated pectoral quality" : "Impassioned "force: "Van

ishing stress": "Low pitch":"Semitone," throughout, with occasional "chromatic third" and "fifth.")

"And now my soul is poured out upon me: the days of affliction have taken hold upon me. My bones are pierced in me, in the night season: and my sinews take no rest. He hath cast me into the mire; and I am become like dust and ashes. I cry unto thee, and thou me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not. come cruel to me self against me.

dost not hear

Thou art bewith thy strong hand thou opposest thyThou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance. For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living!"

Condolence.

[Cromwell, to Wolsey on his downfall.]

("Pure tone":"Subdued" force: Gentle "vanishing stress "Middle pitch":"Semitone," throughout, with occasional "chromatic third" and "fifth.")

"O my lord,

Must I then leave you? must I needs forego
So good, so noble, and so true a master?
Bear witness, all that have not hearts of iron,
With what a sorrow Cromwell leaves his lord.-
The king shall have my service; but my prayers
Forever and forever shall be yours!"

Pathetic Supplication and Intercession.

1.

[King Henry VI. at the deathbed of Cardinal Beaufort.] ("Effusive orotund": "Subdued" force: "Median stress": "Low pitch":"Semitone," throughout, with occasional "chromatic third.")

"O Thou eternal Mover of the heavens,

Look with a gentle eye upon this wretch!
Oh! beat away the busy, meddling fiend,
That lays strong siege unto this wretch's soul;
And from his bosom purge this black despair!”

2.

Penitential Supplication and Entreaty.

[The Psalmist's self-humiliation and contrition.]

"Semi

("Pure tone, pectoral quality : "Subdued" force: Soft, but earnest "" vanishing stress":"Very low pitch": tone," throughout, with occasional "chromatic third" and "fifth.")

"Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy loving kindness according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies, blot out my transgressions! Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my transgressions; and my sin is ever before me. Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight. Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities! Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation! "

CHAPTER VIII.

"TIME."

The chief characteristics of utterance, which are subjects of attention in vocal culture, are the " quality" of the voice, as sound, merely, and its effects in "expression," as produced by "force," "melody," or "pitch," and "time," properties equivalent to those which are comprehended, in music, under the heads of "quality," "dynamics," (force,)" melody," and "rhythm," (the effect of