......... Rev. Wm. P. Lunt. 195 PAGE ...Daniel Webster. 214 Washington to the Present Generation............... Wat Tyler's Address to the King....... Robert Southey. 200 Why does your Hair turn White?.. Wolsey's Address to Cromwell...... THE MODEL SPEAKER. W THE AMERICAN FLAG. HEN Freedom from her mountain height She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there. Majestic monarch of the cloud! Who rear'st aloft thy regal form, To hear the tempest trumpings loud, And see the lightning lances driven, And rolls the thunder-drum of heaven, The harbingers of victory! Flag of the brave! thy folds shall fly, Flag of the seas! on ocean wave Flag of the free heart's hope and home! Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were born in heaven. Forever float that standard sheet! Where breathes the foe but falls before us, With freedom's soil beneath our feet, And freedom's banner streaming o'er us. TH THE BRIGHT SIDE. HERE is many a rest in the road of life, And whose beautiful trust ne'er faileth, Better to hope, though the clouds hang low, For the sweet blue sky will soon peep through, There is many a gem, in the path of life It may be the love of a little child, Better to weave in the web of life And to do God's will with a ready heart And then blame Heaven for the tangled ends, 21 |