5. Mark the time by marching. The class should marcn, in file, on a line, in the form of the figure eight (8), and pronounce, after the teacher, an element at every step. Should the class be large, two columns may be formed, which should march in opposite directions. Meanwhile, two, or more pupils, standing out from the class, may keep time with the dumb-bells. SYLLABLE RHYTHM. 6. When the pupil cannot mark the rhythm of poetry, he should first beat time on every syllable, in either, or in all, of the ways which have been described. 7. The rhythm of poetry should be marked by a beat on the accented part of the measure, which, in the following examples, is the first syllable after each vertical bar. Lines supposed to have been written by Alexander Selkirk, during his solitary abode on the Island of Juan Fernandez. (COW PER.) none to dis- | pute; round to the sea', fowl and the | brute,. I am monarch of all I sur- | vey', I am out of hu- | manity's | reach'; The beasts that roam | over the plain', So- |ciety, | friendship, and | love', How soon would I | taste you again! Religion! what | treasure un- | told', Ye winds that have made me your sport', Con- vey to this | desolate | shore,, Some cordial en- | dearing re- | port', Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends do they now and then | send A wish or a thought after | me? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am | never to see. How fleet is a glance of the mind! And the swift-winged arrows of light.. But the sea-fowl is gone to her nest, And I to my | cabin re- | pair. THE ROSE. (COWPER.) The rose had been wash'd, just wash'd in a shower, Which Mary to Anna con- vey'd' ; The plentiful moisture en- | cumber'd the | flow'er, And weigh'd down | its beautiful | head. The cup was all | fill'd, and the leaves were all | wet、; To weep for the buds it had left with re- gret, I hastily seiz'd' it, un- fit as it was, And such, I ex- | claim'd, is the pitiless | part', Re- gardless of wringing, and | breaking a heart', This elegant | rose, had I shaken it | less, Might have bloom'd with its | ow'ner a- | while; And the tear, that is | wip'd with a little ad- | dress', May be follow'd, per- haps, by a smile. 8. Accompany the pronunciation of the elements with gesture. In the following series of figures, there are two periods of gesture. The first gesture should be made during the pronunciation of the four sounds of a; the second, during the pronunciation of the two sounds of e; and so on. The whole of the SECOND EXERCISE (p. 168), should be practised in this way. The stroke of the gesture should be made on the last element in each group. |