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Awe and Fear.

'Expression' as before, but with more 'aspiration,' and extremely low note.

Extract from Job IV.

V. 13. In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, (14.) Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. 15. Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up: 16. It stood still: but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes; there was silence; and I heard a voice, saying, (17.) Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his Maker ?'*

Awe, Solemnity, and Tranquillity.

'Orotund and Pectoral Quality.'

Evening in the Grave-yard.-Anon.

The moon is up; the evening star

Shines lovely, from its home of blue ;—

The fox howl's heard on the fell afar,

And the earth is robed in a sombre hue;
From the shores of light the beams come down
On the river's brink and cold grave-stone.

The kindling fires o'er heaven so bright,
Look sweetly out from yon azure sea;
While the glittering pearls of the dewy night,
Seem trying to mimic their brilliancy ;—

Yet all these charms no joy can bring
To the dead, in the cold grave slumbering.

To numbers wild, yet sweet withal,

Should the harp be struck o'er the sleepy pillow;

* For farther practice on examples of awe, selections may be made from previous exercises under the same designation of emotion.

Soft as the murmuring breezy fall

Of sighing winds on the foaming billow ;-
For who would disturb, in their silent bed,
The fancied dreams of the lowly dead?

'Oh! is there one in this world can say
That the soul exists not after death?
That the powers which illumine this mould of clay
Are but a puff of common breath?
Oh! come this night to the grave, and see

The sleepy sloth of your destiny.

'The night's soft voice, in breathings low,

Imparts a calm to the breast of the weeper :-
The water's dash and murmuring flow

No more shall soothe the ear of the sleeper,
Till He who slept on Judah's plains,
Shall burst death's cold and icy chains.

'I've seen the moon gild the mountain's brow,
I've watched the mists o'er the river stealing;
But ne'er did I feel in my breast, till now,

So deep, so calm, and so holy a feeling:
'Tis soft as the thrill which memory throws
Athwart the soul in the hour of repose.

Thou Father of all! in the worlds of light,
Fain would my spirit aspire to Thee;
And, through the scenes of this gentle night,
Behold the dawn of eternity:

For this is the path which thou hast given,
The only path to the bliss of heaven.'

Solemnity and Reverence.

'Orotund Quality,' 'Subdued' Force, 'Median Stress,' 'Low' Pitch, Prevalent 'Monotone,' 'Slow Movement,' Long Pauses.

Extract from the Forest Hymn.-Bryant.

Father, thy hand

Hath reared these venerable columns, thou

Didst weave this verdant roof. Thou didst look down
Upon the naked earth, and, forthwith, rose

All these fair ranks of trees. They, in thy sun,
Budded, and shook their green leaves in thy breeze,
And shot towards heaven. The century-living crow,
Whose birth was in their tops, grew old and died
Among their branches; till, at last, they stood,
As now they stand, massy, and tall, and dark,
Fit shrine for humble worshipper to hold
Communion with his Maker.-

The solitude.

"Thou art here-thou fill'st

Thou art in the soft winds

That run along the summits of these trees
In music; thou art in the cooler breath,
That from the inmost darkness of the place,
Comes scarcely felt ;-the barky trunks, the ground,
The fresh, moist ground, are all instinct with thee.
Here is continual worship;-nature, here,

In the tranquillity that thou dost love,
Enjoys thy presence.'

Praise.

'Orotund Quality,' Full Force, 'Thorough' and 'Median Stress,' Moderately Low Pitch, Prevalent 'Falling Inflection,' Moderate 'Wave,' or 'Monotone,' Moderately Slow 'Movement,' Moderate Pauses.

Psalm CXLVIII.

V. 1. Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord from the heavens: praise him in the heights. 2. Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts. 3. Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light. 4. Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens. 5. Let them praise the name of the Lord: for he commanded, and they were created. 6. He hath also established them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which they shall not pass. 7. Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons and all deeps: (8.) fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy

wind, fulfilling his word: (9.) mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars: (10.) beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowls: (11.) kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth: (12.) both young men, and maidens; old men, and children. 13. Let them praise the name of the Lord: for his name alone is excellent ; his glory is above the earth and heaven.'

'Expression' as in the preceding example, but with softer Force, greater prevalence of 'Median Stress,' and slower Movement,' with longer Pauses.

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Morning Hymn in Paradise.-Milton..
Speak, ye who best can tell, ye sons of light,
Angels, for ye behold him, and with songs
And choral symphonies, day without night,
Circle his throne, rejoicing; ye in heaven:
On earth join all ye creatures to extol

Him first, him last, him midst, and without end.
Fairest of stars, last in the train of night,

If better thou belong not to the dawn,

Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn
With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere,
While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Thou sun, of this great world both eye and soul,
Acknowledge him thy greater; sound his praise
In thy eternal course, both when thou climb'st,
And when high noon hast gained, and when thou fall'st.
Moon, that now meetst the orient şun, now fliest,
With the fixed stars, fixed in their orb that flies;
And ye five other wandering fires, that move
In mystic dance, not without song, resound
His praise, who out of darkness called up light.
Air, and ye elements, the eldest birth
Of Nature's womb, that in quaternion run
Perpetual circle multiform; and mix,

And nourish all things; let your ceaseless change
Vary to our great Maker still new praise.'—

His praise, ye winds, that from four quarters blow,
Breathe soft or loud; and wave your tops, ye pines,
With every plant, in sign of worship, wave.
Fountains, and ye that warble, as ye flow,
Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise.
Join voices, all ye living souls; ye birds,
That singing up to heaven-gate ascend,

Bear on your wings, and in your notes, his praise.”*

Deep and uncontrolled Grief.

'Aspirated''Orotund' and 'Pectoral Quality,' 'Full and Subdued' Force, alternating, 'Vanishing Stress,' 'Lowest' Pitch, Prevalent 'Monotone,' 'Slowest Movement,' Very long Pauses.

Extract from the Complaint. Night VI.—Young.

'Oh! the long dark approach, through years of pain,
Death's gallery! (might I dare call it so,)

With dismal doubt and sable terror hung,
Sick Hope's pale lamp its only glimmering ray:
There Fate my melancholy walk ordained,—
Forbid Self-love itself to flatter, there.
How oft I gazed prophetically sad!

How oft I saw her dead, while yet in smiles!—
In smiles she sunk her grief to lessen mine:
She spoke me comfort, and increased my pain.
Like powerful armies, trenching at a town,
By slow and silent, but resistless sap,
In his pale progress gently gaining ground,
Death urged his deadly siege; in spite of art,-
Of all the balmy blessings Nature lends

To succour frail humanity. Ye stars!
(Not now made first familiar to my sight,)

And thou, O Moon! bear witness: many a night
He tore the pillow from beneath my head,

*Farther practice may be found in the repetition of previous exercises of the same class, introduced for the illustration of different principles.

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