2. Ring out the old, ring in the new ; 3. Ring out the grief that saps the mind, 4. Ring out a slowly dying cause, And ancient forms of party strife; 5. Ring out the want, the care, the sin, Ring out, ring out my mournful rhymes, 6. Ring out false pride in place and blood, Ring in the love of truth and right, 7. Ring out old shapes of foul disease; Ring out the narrowing lust of gold; 8. Ring in the valiant man and free, The larger heart, the kindlier hand; ALFRED TENNYSON.9 Summary:-In many English churches the church-bells are rung from a few minutes before twelve till a few minutes after twelve on the last night of the year. This is called ringing out the Old Year and ringing in the New Year The poet here addresses the bells, and bids them ring out all that is false, and sad, and oppressive, and faithless, and foul; and ring in that which is true, and peaceful, and noble, and pure, and brave, and Christ-like. Exercises: 1. Write an essay on Christmas and the New Year. 2. Explain-" Ring out the feud of rich and poor, Ring in redress to all mankind." 3. Affixes denoting of, or belonging to—ac, demoniac; al, paternal; an, ane, human, humane; ar, circular; ary, military; en, woollen; ic, public; id, florid; ile, juvenile; ine, feminine; ish, British. Make sentences containing these words. POETRY, STANDARD VI.-To recite 150 lines from Shakespeare or Milton, or some other standard author, and to explain the words and allusions. POETRY FOR RECITATION.* THE LADY OF THE LAKE. THE POEM.-The Lady of the Lake is a story of love and adventure. It is intended to illustrate the disturbed state of the Highlands of Scotland in the sixteenth century, as The Lay of the Last Minstrel" was designed to set forth that of the Borders. It also illustrates many of the customs of the time and the people. Fitz-James, the chief character in the poem, was intended to represent King James the Fifth, who was fond of roaming in disguise among the peasantry, and in the least frequented parts of the country. The splendid descriptions of Highland scenery-especially of the Trossachs and Loch Katrine -and the romantic interest with which the poem invested these scenes, have made them famous all over the world, and attracted to them crowds of visitors. THE AUTHOR.-Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), a great Scottish novelist and poet. The poet Wordsworth calls Scott the "Border Minstrel," because he wrote ballads or stories in verse about Border life. The Border country and its wild history were the source of some of his finest poems and tales. On the banks of the Tweed is his well-known mansion, Abbotsford, near Melrose. The country of the Tweed and the Teviot-in the south of Scotland-is called "The Land of Scott." Scott is also called the "Wizard of the North," in allusion to the extraordinary charm and descriptive power of his writings, which "reproduced old Scotland, refought its battles, remounted its steel-harnessed warriors, and reenacted its Border feuds." He wrote the Waverley Novels (Waverley, Ivanhoe, The Heart of Midlothian, etc.); a number of poems (The Lay of the Last Minstrel, The Lady of the Lake, Marmion, etc.); Tales of a Grandfather (being the History of Scotland in the form of stories), etc. *These pieces have been marked for expressive reading or for recitation by Dr. Moxey, M.R.C.P., London, Lecturer on Elocution. EXPLANATION.-rising inflection; falling inflection; pause. FITZ-JAMES AND RODERICK DHU. Pictorial descrip. At length they came | where, | stern and stéep, | tion, with indicatory gesture. Hére Vennachar | in silver | flows | So toilsome was the road to tráce, | The guide, abating of his pace, | With determined Led | slowly | through the pass's jáws, | air. Quiet but undaunted. Sarcastically. And asked Fitz-Jámes, | by what strange caúse | "I dreamt not | nów | to clàim its aid. 66 66 All seemed as peaceful and as stíll | Thus said, at least, | my mountain guide, | Whence the bold boast | by which | you show! Interrupting, Enough, | I am | by prómise | tied and sternly. Line 3. Ven'nachar, a lake in Scot- | 15 My pass, meaning his sword. land, east of Loch Katrine, the 17 Sooth, truth.-The Saxon, Fitzwater of which it receives through James. The Gaels called the English Sassenachs, or Saxons. Loch Achray. 4 Ben-ledi, a mountain on the north 20 Bewildered, having lost his way. side of Loch Vennachar. 8 Hardihood, bravery and firmness. 10 Abating of, slackening. 23 Thy dangerous chief, Roderick Dhu: Fitz-James does not yet know that he is his guide. 14 Roderick Dhu, the Highland robber- 30 Vich-Alpine, the son of Alpine; the chief who held sway in that region. family name of Roderick Dhu. Quick, and sharply. Quick monotone Monotone concluded. Slow. Twice have I sought Clan-Alpine's glen | This rebel Chieftain | and his bànd!" "Have, then, thy wish!"--| he whistled | shrill, | Watching their leader's | beck and will, | 40 50 60 |