...Minstrel Harp ! Yet, once agiiin, forgive my feeble sway, Anil little reck I of the censare sharp Muy idly cavil at an idle lay. Much have I owed thy strains...the world has never known, When on the weary night flawned wearier аЯУ) And bitterer was the grief devoured alone. That I o'erlive such woes, Enchantress...

...Southern by birth — Southern in sentiment, education, and interest — my book is Southern, too — " And little reck I of the censure sharp May idly cavil at an idle lay." To the free-born citizens of the South, then, I commit the work. To them it remains to say, whether...

...blending, With distant echo from the fold and lea, And herd-boy's evening pipe, and hum of housing bee. Yet, once again, farewell, thou Minstrel Harp! Yet,...the world has never known, When on the weary night dawned wearier day, And bitterer was the grief devoured alone. That I o'erlive such woes, Enchantress...

...fold and lea, And herd-boy's evening pipe, and hum of housing bee. Yet, once again, farewell, thon Minstrel Harp ! Yet, once again, forgive my feeble...of the censure sharp May idly cavil at an idle lay. Mnch have I owed thy strains on life's long way, Throngh secret woes the world has never known, When...

...blending, With distant echo from the fold and lea, And herd-boy's evening pipe, and hum of housing bee. Yet, once again, farewell, thou Minstrel harp! Yet,...night dawn'd wearier day, And bitterer was the grief devour'd alone. That I o'erlive such woes, Enchantress ! is thine own. Hark ! as my lingering footsteps...

...housing bee. Yet, once again, farewell, thou Minstrel harp ! Yet, once again, forgive my feeble sway I And little reck I of the censure sharp May idly cavil...night dawn'd wearier day, And bitterer was the grief devour'd alone. That I o'erlived such woes, Enchantress 1 is thine own. Hark ! as my lingering footsteps...

...And herd-boy's evening pipe, and hum of housing bee. Yet, once again, farewell, thou Minstrel harp l Yet, once again, forgive my feeble sway, And little...night dawn'd wearier day, And bitterer was the grief devour' d alone. That I o'erlived such woes, Enchantress ! is thine own. Hark ! as my lingering footsteps...

...blending, With distant echo from the fold and lea, And herd-boy's evening pipe, and hum of housing bee. Yet, once again, farewell, thou Minstrel Harp '. Yet,...the weary night dawn'd wearier day, And bitterer was tlie grief devour'd alone. That I o'erlive such woes, Enchantress ! is thine own. Hark ! as my lingering...

...blending, With distant echo from the fold and lea, And herd-boy's evening pipe, and hum of housing bee. Yet, once again, farewell, thou Minstrel Harp ! Yet,...the world has never known, When on the weary night dawned wearier day, And bitterer was the grief devoured alone. That I o'erlive Buch woes, Enchantress...

...note. Also observe the repetition of the verb in lines 5, 6. EXERCISE CXXIV. (same continued). Yefc, once again, farewell, thou minstrel harp ! Yet, once...lay. Much have I owed thy strains on life's long way, 5 Through secret woes the world has never known, When on the weary night dawn'd wearier day, And bitterer...