McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader by William Holmes McGuffey
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And milder moons || imparadise the night;
Oh, thou shalt find, || howe'er thy footsteps roam, That land--thy country, || and that spot--thy home. 5. In slumbers | of midnight || the sailor | boy lay; His hammock | swung loose || at the sport | of the wind; But, watch-worn | and weary, || his cares | flew away, And visions | of happiness || danced | o'er his mind. 6. She said, | and struck; || deep entered | in her side The piercing steel, || with reeking purple dyed: Clogged | in the wound || the cruel | weapon stands, The spouting blood || came streaming o'er her hands. Her sad attendants || saw the deadly stroke, And with loud cries || the sounding palace shook. SIMILE. (44) Simile is the likening of anything to another object of a different class; it is a poetical or imaginative comparison. A simile, in poetry, should usually he read in a lower key and more rapidly than other parts of the passage--somewhat as a parenthesis is read. EXAMPLES. (45) |
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