h was a pleasant morning, in the time

When the leaves fall-and the bright sun shone out
As when the morning stars first sang together-

So quietly and calmly fell his light

Upon a world at rest. There was no leaf
In motion, and the loud winds slept, and

All was still. The lab'ring herd was grazing
Upon the hill-side quietly—uncalled

By the harsh voice of man; and distant sound,
Save from the murmuring waterfall, came not
As usual on the ear. One hour stole on,
And then another of the morning, calm
And still as Eden ere the birth of man.

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And then broke in the Sabbath chime of bells-
And the old man and his descendants went
Together to the house of God. I joined
The well-appareled crowd. The holy man
Rose solemnly, and breathed the prayer of faith.—
And the gray saint, just1 on the wing for heaven;
And the fair maid—and the bright haired young man ; 20
And the child of curling locks, just taught to close

The lash of its blue eye the while ;2 all knelt

In attitude of prayer - and then the hymn,

Sincere in its low melody, went up

To worship God.

THE TABLES TURNED.-[WORDSWORTH.]

Up! up! my friend, and quit your books,
Or surely you'll grow double:

Up! up! my friend, and clear your looks;
Why all this toil and trouble?

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1 Rule XXI, Rem. 14.

2 Rules X. and XXI, Rem. &

The sun above the mountain's head,

A freshening luster mellow

Through all the long green fields has spread,

His first sweet evening yellow.

Books!1 'tis a dull and endless strife:

Come, hear the woodland Linnet,

How sweet his music! on my life,

There's more of wisdom in it.

And hark! how blithe the Throstle sings!

He, too, is no mean preacher:

Come forth into the light of things,

Let nature be your teacher.

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Sweet is the love which nature brings;

Our meddling intellect

Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things

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Close up these barren leaves;

Come forth, and bring with you a heart

That watches and receives.

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cavaliers, and accompanied by Hernando de Talavera, bishop of Avila, proceeded to take possession of the Alhambra and the towers.

3. It had been stipulated in the capitulation, that the detachment sent for the purpose should not enter by the streets of the city. A road had, therefore, been opened outside of the walls, leading by the Puerta de los Molinos (or the Gate of the Mills) to the summit of the Hill of Martyrs, and across the hill to the postern-gate of the Alhambra.

4. When the detachment arrived at the summit of the hill, the Moorish king came forth from the gate, attended by a handful of cavaliers, leaving his vizier to deliver up the place.

5. "Go, senior," said he, to the commander of the detachment; "go and take possession of these fortresses which Allah has bestowed upon your powerful lord, in punishment of the sins of the Moors!"

6. He said no more, but passed mournfully on, along by the same road by which the Spanish cavaliers had come, descending to the vega, to meet the catholic sovereigns.

7. The troops entered the Alhambra, the gates of which were wide open, and all its splendid courts and halls silent and deserted. In the mean time the Christian court and army poured out of the city of Santa Fe, and advanced across the vega.

8. The king and queen, with the prince and princesses, and the dignitaries and ladies of the court, took the lead accompanied by the different orders of monks and friars, and surrounded by the royal guards, splendidly arrayed.

9. The procession moved slowly forward, and paused at the village of Armilla, at a distance of half a league from the city.

10. The sovereigns waited here with impatience, their eyes1 fixed on the lofty tower of the Alhambra, watching for the appointed signal of possession.

11. The time that had elapsed since the departure of the detachment, seemed to them more than necessary for the purpose; and the anxious mind of Ferdinand began to entertain doubts of some commotion in the city.

12. At length they saw the silver cross, the great standard of this crusade, elevated on the Torre de la Vela, or great watch-tower, and sparkling in the sunbeams. This was done by Hernando de Talavera, bishop of Avila.

13. Beside it was planted the pennon of the glorious apostle St. James; and a great shout of "Santiago! Santiago!" rose throughout the army. Lastly was reared the royal standard, by the king of arms; with the shout of "Castile! Castile! For king Ferdinand and Queen Isabella!"

14. The words were echoed by the whole army, with acclamations that resounded across the vega.

CHAPTER IV.

THE TALE OF AN INDIAN MAID.

There was a maid,

[BRYANT.]

The fairest of the Indian maids, bright-eyed,
With wealth of raven tresses, a light form,
And a gay heart. About her cabin door
The wide old woods resounded with her song
And fairy laughter all the summer day.2
She loved her cousin; such a love was deemed,
By the morality of those stern tribes,

Incestuous, and she struggled hard and long
Against her love, and reasoned with her heart,
As simple Indian maiden might. In vain.

She went

To weep where no eye saw, and was not found
When all the merry girls were met to dance,
And all the hunters of the tribe were out

The keen eyed Indian dames

Would whisper to each other, as they saw
Her wasting form, and say, the girl will die.
One day into the bosom of a friend,

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A playmate of her young and innocent years,

She poured her griefs. Thou knowest, and thou alone,

She said, for I have told thee, all my love,

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And guilt, and sorrow. I am sick of life.
All night! I weep in darkness, and the morn
Glares on me as upon a thing accursed,
That has no business on the earth. I hate
The pastimes and the pleasant toils that once
I loved; the cheerful voices of my friends
Have an unnatural horror in mine ear.

In dreams my mother from the land of souls,
Calls me and chides me. All that look on me
Do seem to know my shame; I cannot bear
Their eyes; I cannot from my heart root out
The love that wrings it so, and I must die.
It was a summer morning, and they went
To this old precipice. About the cliffs
Lay garlands, ears of maize, and shaggy skins
Of wolf and bear, the offerings of the tribe
Here made to the Great Spirit, for they deemed,
Like worshipers of the elder time, that God
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1 Rule X.

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