I have, within my pantry, good store of all that's nice;

I'm sure you're very welcome-will you please to take a slice?"

"Oh, no, No!" said the little Fly, "kind sir, that cannot be;

I've heard what's in your pantry, and I do not wish to see!"

4. Sweet creature!" said the Spider, "you're witty and you're wise;

How handsome are your gauzy wings! how brilliant are your eyes!

I've a little looking-glass upon my parlor shelf; If you'll step in one moment, dear, you shall behold yourself.”

"I thank you, gentle sir," she said, "for what you're pleased to say;

And bidding you good-morning now, I'll call another day."

5. The Spider turned him round about, and went into his den;

For well he knew the silly Fly would soon come back again;

So he wove a subtle web, in a little corner sly, And set his table ready, to dine upon the Fly.

6. Then he came out of his door again, and merrily did sing,

"Come hither, hither, pretty Fly, with the pearl and silver wing;

Your robes are green and purple; there's a crest upon your head;

Your eyes are like the diamond bright, but mine are dull as lead !"

7. Alas, alas! how very soon this silly little Fly,

Hearing his wily, flattering words, came slowly flitting by!

With buzzing wings she hung aloft, then near and nearer drew,

Thinking only of her brilliant eyes and green and purple hue,

Thinking only of her crested head-poor, foolish thing! At last,

Up jumped the cunning Spider, and fiercely held her fast.

He dragged her up his winding stairs, into his dismal den,

Within his little parlor-but she ne'er came out again.

8. And now, dear little children, who may this story read,

To idle, silly, flattering words I pray you ne'er give heed;

Unto an evil counselor close heart, and ear,

and eye,

And take a lesson from this tale of the Spider and the Fly.

Analysis. What are the emphasized words of the first line of the first stanza? Of the second line? Of the third line? What two words are opposite in meaning in the fourth line? Name the important words in each of the lines. Name the words to be emphasized in the last line of the third stanza; in the first line of the fourth stanza; also in the second line. Point out the words to be emphasized in each of the stanzas. Write the story in your own words.

Memory Gems from Goldsmith.

Hope, like the gleaming taper's light,

Adorns and cheers the way,

And still, as darker grows the light,
Emits a brighter ray.

Man wants but little here below,
Nor wants that little long.

Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey,
Where wealth accumulates and men decay.
Princes and lords may flourish or may fade:
A breath can make them as a breath has made;
But a bold peasantry, their country's pride,
When once destroyed, can never be supplied.

Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway,
And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray.

24.-Good-Night.

1. "GOOD-NIGHT!" said the Plough to the weary old horse,

And Dobbin responded, "Good-night."

Then with Tom on his back to the farm-house

he turned,

With a feeling of quiet delight.

2. "Good-night !" said the Ox with a comical bow, As he turned from the heavy old cart,

Which laughed till it shook a round wheel from its side,

Then creaked out, "Good-night, from my heart!"

3. "Good-night!" said the Hen, when her supper was done,

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To Fanny who stood in the door.

Good-night," answered Fanny; "come back in

the morn,

And you and your chicks shall have more."

4. "Quack, quack!" said the Duck: "I wish you all well,

Though I cannot tell what is polite."

"The will for the deed," answered Benny the brave:

"Good-night, Madam Ducky, good-night!"

5. The geese were parading the beautiful green,
But the goslings were wearied out quite;
So shutting their peepers, from under the wing
They murmured a sleepy "Good-night."

6. Now the shadows of evening were gathering apace, And fading the last gleam of light,

So to father and mother both Fanny and Ben Gave a kiss and a hearty "Good-night"

Dictionary Lesson. Find the definitions of the following words and compose sentences including the words: comical, created, morn, polite, parading, wearied, quite, murmured, apace, gleam.

25.-The Two Rules, and How they

Worked.

1. "HERE are two rules for you, Fred, which grandfather gave me; they will do for us both.” So said Giles Warner, looking up from the paper he was reading, and addressing a younger brother, who was sitting by the stove playing with a favorite dog.

2. "Well, what are they? Let's have them," said Fred, suspending his sport with the dog.

3. “The first is, Never get vexed with anything you can help; the second is, Never get vexed with anything you can't help."

4. "Are not these rules as suited to you as to me?" inquired Fred, slyly.