Of lord of thee, and arbiter of wár— These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of wàves, which mar | Alike the Armada's príde, or spoils of Trafalgàr. 3. HYMN TO MONT BLANC. Ye ice-falls! ye that from the mountain's brow | Torrents, methinks, that heard a mighty voice, BYRON. Who made you glòrious as the gates of heaven | God! sing, ye meadow-streams, with gladsome vòice! 4. THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS. Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, Leave thy low-vaulted past! COLERIDGE. Let each new temple, nobler than the lást, Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting sea! 5. FROM THE PSALMS. HOLMES. Praise ye the Lòrd. Praise ye the Lord from the hèavens; praise him in the heights. Praise ye him, all his àngels: praise ye him, all his hosts. Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light. Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens. Let them praise the name of the Lòrd: for he commánded, and they were created. He hath also established them for éver and èver: he hath made a decree which shall not pass. Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons, and all dèeps: fire, and hàil; snów, and vapors; stormy wind fulfilling his word: mountains, and all hills; fruitful trèes, and all cèdars: béasts, and all cattle; créeping things, and flying fòwl: kings of the earth, and all people: princes, and all judges of the earth: both young men and maidens; old men and children. Let them praise the name of the Lòrd: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven. 6. EVE OF ELECTION. Our hearts grow cold, we lightly hold A right which brave men died to gain; The shadow rend, and o'er us bend, O martyrs, with your crowns and palms! Breathe through these throngs, your battle-songs, Your scaffold prayers and dungeon psalms! EXAMPLES OF EXPULSIVE OROTUND. WHITTIER. These examples are to be rendered with a stronger swell than those under the head of effusive orotund. 1. LAUS DEO. It is done! Clang of bell and roar of gun WHITTIER. 2. CHRISTMAS. Ring out, ye crystal sphères! If ye have power to touch our senses so; Move in melodious time, And let the bass of heaven's deep òrgan blow; Make up full consort to the angelic symphony. 3. THE OCEAN. Rōll on, thōu deep and dark blue Ocean-rōll! MILTON. He sinks into thy depths with bubbling grōan, Without a grave, unknēlled, uncoffined, and unknown. 4. THE ORGAN. BYRON. Suddenly the notes of the deep-laboring òrgan burst upon the ear, falling with doubled and redoubled inténsity, and rolling, as it wére, huge billows of sound. How well do their volume and grandeur accord with this mighty building! With what pòmp do they swell through its vast vàults, and breathe their awful harmony through these caves of death, and make the silent sépulcher vòcal! And now they rise in triumph and acclamation, heaving higher and higher their accordant nótes, and piling sòund on sòund. And now they pause, and the soft voices of the choir break out into sweet gushes of melody; they soar alóft, and warble along the róof, and seem to play about these lofty vaults like the pure airs of heaven. Again the pealing organ heaves its thrilling thunders, compressing air into music, and rolling it forth upon the soul. What long-drawn càdences! What solemn, sweeping concords! It grows more and more dense and powerful; it fills the vast pile, and seems to jar the very walls; the ear is stunned, the senses are overwhelmed. And now it is winding up in full jùbilee; it is rising from the earth to heaven; the very soul seems rapt away and floated úpwards on this swelling tide of harmony. IRVING. 5. PERORATION OF WEBSTER'S PLYMOUTH ROCK ORATION. Advance, then, ye future generations! We would hàil you, as you rise in your long succéssion, to fill the places which wè now fill, and to taste the blessings of existence, where we are passing, and soon shall have passed, our own human duràtion. We bid you wèlcome to this pleasant land of the fàthers. We bid you wèlcome to the healthful skies and the verdant fields of New England. We greet your accession to the great inheritance which we have enjoyed. We welcome you to the blessings of good government and religious liberty. We wel come you to the treasures of science, and the delights of learning. We welcome you to the transcendent sweets of domestic life, to the happiness of kindred, and parents, and children. We welcome you to the immeasurable blessings of rational existence, the immortal hópe of Christianity, and the light of everlasting Truth! 6. GOD IN NATURE. "God," sing ye meadow streams, with gladsome voice! From COLERIDGE's Hymn to Mont Blanc. 7. A NEW YEAR'S CHIME. Ho! ye wardens of the bells, Ring for winter's bracing hours, Ring for birth of spring and flowers, Ring, "Peace on earth, good-will toward men." Ring! ring! ring! Ring, that this glad year may see 8. REVERENCE. O Lord, my God, Thou art very great! Thou art clothed with honor and majesty; who coverest thyself with light as with a garment; who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain; who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters; who maketh the clouds his chariot; who walketh upon the wings of the wind; who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed forever. EXAMPLES OF EXPLOSIVE.OROTUND. 1. THE BATTLE OF IVRY. The Bible. Now glory to the Lord of Hosts, from whom all glories are! And glory to our Sovereign Liege, King Henry of Na varre! Now let there be the merry sound of music and the dance, Through thy cornfields grèen, and sunny vàles, O pleasant land of France! |