There--is no shuffling: there--the action lies
In its true nature.

2. He woke to hear his sentries shriek,
"To arms! they come! the Greek! the Greek!
He woke--to die--midst flame and smoke."

3. This--is no flattery: These--are counselors
That feelingly persuade me what I am.

4. And this--our life, exempt from public haunt,
Finds tongues--in tree, books--in the running brooks,
Sermons--in stones, and--good in everything.

5. Heaven gave this Lyre, and thus decreed,
Be thou a bruised--but not a broken--reed.



IV. INSTRUCTIONS FOR READING VERSE. (39)

INFLECTIONS.

In reading verse, the inflections should be nearly the same as in reading
prose; the chief difference is, that in poetry, the monotone and rising
inflection are more frequently used than in prose. The greatest difficulty
in reading this species of composition, consists in giving it that
measured flow which distinguishes it from prose, without falling into a
chanting pronunciation.