... Lord, oh speak ! thy servant bears: For I'm thy Servant, and B'll still be so: Speak words of Comfort in my willing Ears; And since my Tongue is in thy praises slow, And since that thino all Rhetorick exceeds, Speak thou in words, but let me speak in deeds ...

... POETRY. SPEAK NO ILL. Nay, speak tIo ill: a kindly word Can never leave a sting behind; And, oh! to breath each tale we've heard, Is far beneath a noble mind. Full oft a better seed is sown, By choosing thus the kinder plan; For if but little good be ...

... POETRY. SPEAK NOT HARSHLY. Speak not harshly: much of care Every hnunan heart must bear; Enough of shadows sadly play Aronnd the very sunniest way; Enough of sorrows darkly lie Veiled withiD the merriest eye. By the childhoods gushing tears By the griefs ...

... POE TRY. THE DEAF GIRL. ANNE A. FRCMONT. He speaks to them God's word, For all are fix'd in mete attention now, Anid not a lip is stirr'd, But joy bits smiling on each gentle brow. And o'er eaph cheek has stol'n a brighter hue- Oh ! that I could but hear ...

... The love I have for thee; For fate forbids my tongne should tell How dear thou art to me. II. Thou eanst not kosow, I cannot speak, The nogaish that I feel, By namrsing in my heart a love I never may reveal. IIn. For thoughl I've toiled to fix moy feet On ...

... the serf to-day dare stand these Islemen of the West ? Speak ! from your bristling sides, ye ships, as Nelson spoke before- Speak ! whilst the world is waiting for your thunder burst of yore; Speak !r whilst your Islemen stand besides each hot and smoking ...

... POETY.| BEAUTY OF W-rINTEtR. TErY speak of summer's brilliant day, - And varm, unclouded night. They speak of summer's glowing sky So deeply blue and bright- They speak of summer's woodland walks So wild and green and sweet, With arching trees above our ...

... preliminaries to the d he art of speaking. His chief advice in regard to reading v e is that the reader should understand what the author A a means, and seek to give expression to the meaning. In ir A, regard tito speaking, his advice may he summarised as ...

... earth its produre rich mrilit; htield. L It speaks nf hours, shen. isl the vale, 11 The hissbandinlt breathed out his prayer ro That fleavents wold bless the bad and blade- Reward his industry and cre.| It speaks of clear and azrre lsies- ell o r slinshine ...

... passerby. Still shine the sun, the moon, the stars, With blessing even on me; And, when the evening bell ringaout, Then, Lord, I speak with Thee. One day shall to the good disclose Thy halls of joy and rest, Tben. in my wedding robes. even I Shall seat me as ...

... the love we bore him, tl That we loved him long and well. Let it speak of kindliest nature, vI Of the large, yet subtle mind, Of a heart all overflowing With affection for his kind. J, Speak of honour-trust-and frankness, W Of a hand preventing need, pi ...

... hut mock the gans of moon! The year is dying-let it die As lath its hopos,-in mockery I The year, the' doad, yet still inay speak: Yes, some bruisbd heart to break I The year will have its memories rare, Time will crust them o'er with care. Tho year hls ...