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ELSON

GRAMMAR SCHOOL LITERATURE

BOOK FOUR


BY

WILLIAM H. ELSON

SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, CLEVELAND, OHIO

AND

CHRISTINE KECK

PRINCIPAL OF SIGSBEE SCHOOL, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

1912




TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I--Famous Rides, Selections from Shakespeare and other Poets, and
Studies in Rhythm.

FAMOUS RIDES:

PAUL REVERE'S RIDE, Henry W. Longfellow
THE LEAP OF ROUSHAN BEG, Henry W. Longfellow
THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE AT BALAKLAVA, Alfred, Lord Tennyson
THE DIVERTING HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN, William Cowper
HOW THEY BROUGHT THE GOOD NEWS FROM GHENT TO AIX, Robert Browning
INCIDENT OF THE FRENCH CAMP, Robert Browning
HERVE RIEL, Robert Browning

STUDIES IN RHYTHM:

THE BUGLE SONG, Alfred, Lord Tennyson
THE BROOK, Alfred, Lord Tennyson
SONG OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE, Sidney Lanier
THE CATARACT OF LODORE, Robert Southey
THE BELLS, Edgar Allan Poe
ANNABEL LEE, Edgar Allan Poe
OPPORTUNITY, Edward Rowland Sill

NATURE:

TO A WATERFOWL, William Cullen Bryant
THE SKYLARK, James Hogg
TO A SKYLARK, Percy Bysshe Shelley
THE CLOUD, Percy Bysshe Shelley
APOSTROPHE TO THE OCEAN, Lord Byron

STORIES:

THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB, Lord Byron
THE EVE BEFORE WATERLOO, Lord Byron
SONG OF THE GREEK BARD, Lord Byron
MARCO BOZZARIS, Fitz-Greene Halleck
THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE, Charles Wolfe
ABSALOM, Nathaniel Parker Wills
LOCHINVAR, Sir Walter Scott
PARTING OF MARMION AND DOUGLAS, Sir Walter Scott
FOR A' THAT AND A' THAT, Robert Burns

SELECTIONS FROM SHAKESPEARE:

MERCY, The Merchant of Venice
THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN, As You Like It
POLONIUS'S ADVICE, Hamlet
MAN, Hamlet
HAMLET'S SOLILOQUY, Hamlet
REPUTATION, Othello
WOLSEY AND CROMWELL, King Henry VIII
CASSIO AND IAGO, Othello


PART II--Great American Authors

WASHINGTON IRVING
   RIP VAN WINKLE
   THE VOYAGE

NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
   THE GREAT STONE FACE
   MY VISIT TO NIAGARA

EDGAR ALLAN POE
   A DESCENT INTO THE MAELSTROeM
   THE RAVEN

HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW
   EVANGELINE: A TALE OF ACADIE
   THE BUILDING OF THE SHIP

JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER
   SNOW-BOUND
   THE SHIP BUILDERS

OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
   THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS
   THE DEACON'S MASTERPIECE; OR THE WONDERFUL "ONE-HOSS SHAY"
   OLD IRONSIDES
   THE BOYS
   THE LAST LEAF

JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL
   THE VISION OF SIR LAUNFAL
   YUSSOUF

SIDNEY LANIER
   THE MARSHES OF GLYNN


PART III--Patriotic Selections

REGULUS BEFORE THE ROMAN SENATE, Epes Sargent
THE RETURN OF REGULUS, Elijah Kellogg
SPARTACUS TO THE GLADIATORS, Elijah Kellogg
MERIT BEFORE BIRTH, Sallust
RIENZI'S ADDRESS TO THE ROMANS, Mary Russell Mitford
EMMET'S VINDICATION Robert Emmet
KING PHILLIP TO THE WHITE SETTLER, Edward Everett
THE CAPTURE OF QUEBEC, Francis Parkman
ENGLAND AND HER COLONIES, Edmund Burke
THE WAY TO WEALTH, Benjamin Franklin
SPEECH ON A RESOLUTION