Obscure e as in her, marked ẽ. 1. Copy the following sentences carefully. 2. Write from dictation. 1. The voice of cool waters 'midst feathery fern, Shedding sweet sounds.-FELICia D. Hemans. 2. And the verse of that dear old song, It flutters and murmurs still. - HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW. 3. On the tawny sands and shelves Trip the pert fairies and dapper elves. -JOHN MILTON. 4. No noise was heard but of the hasty brook. – WILLIAM COWPER. 5. The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea. - THOMAS GRAY. 6. And each flower and herb on Earth's dark breast Rose from the dreams of its wintry rest. -PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY. 7. A poet, too, was there, whose verse Was tender, musical, and terse. HENRY WADSWORTH Longfellow. 8. No price is set on the lavish summer; June may be had by the poorest comer. 9. - JAMES RUSSELL LOWell. They only knew That the earth was bright and the sky was blue. 10. And man may err, but no one but a fool will perse Some words pronounced alike. 1. Copy carefully. 2. Write from dictation. 3. Use the italicized words in sentences of your own. 1. There will little learning die then, that day thou art hanged.—WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. 2. Come thou with me to the vineyards nigh, And we'll pluck the grapes of the richest dye. -FELICIA D. HEMANS. 3. If any one attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot. -JOHN A. Dix. 4. Be merry all, be merry all, With holly dress the festive hall.-WILLIAM R. SPENCER. 5. When youth and pleasure meet To chase the glowing hours with flying feet. 6. In all the trade of war, no feat Is nobler than a brave retreat.-SAMUEL Butler. 7. Wild as the winter now tearing the forest, Till the last leaf of summer is flown.- ROBERT Burns. 8. She, good soul, had as lief see a toad, a very toad, as see him.- WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. 9. Let me see; is not the leaf turn'd down Where I left reading ?-WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. Obscure i as in sir, marked î. 1. Copy the following sentences carefully. 2. Write from dictation. Begins to wave the wood, and stir the stream. -JAMES THOMSON. 2. I read in each tint of the skies and the earth How distant my steps from the land of my birth. - FELICIA D. HEMANS. 3. The groves were God's first temples. - WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT. 4. And mingled in its merry whirl - JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER. 5. By fairy hands their knell is rung, 6. By forms unseen their dirge is sung.—WILLIAM COLLINS. The clocks do toll, And the third hour of drowsy morning name. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. 7. He, who called with thought to birth Yon tinted sky, this laughing earth. - WILLIAM COLLINS. 8. I heard the distant waters dash, 9. I saw the current whirl and flash. HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW. Work and mirth and play Unite their charms to cheer the hours away. -JOEL BARLOW. Some words pronounced alike. 1. Copy carefully. 2. Write from dictation. 3. Use the italicized words in sentences of your own. 1. Bring flowers to the captive's lonely cell! They have tales of the joyous woods to tell. walk with you, but I will not eat with you, drink with you, nor pray with you. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. 3. One flag, one land, one heart, one hand, One Nation evermore! - OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES. 4. Learning by study must be won. -JOHN GAY. And fresh-blown roses wash'd in dew. -JOHN MILTON. 6. We receive the due reward of our deeds. - BIBLE. 7. More is thy due than more than all can pay. - WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. 8. He faded, and so calm and meek, So softly worn, so sweetly weak, - GEORGE GORDON, LORD BYRON. 9. To plow and sow, to reap and mow. - ROBERt Burns. 10. She can sew. That's as much as to say, Can she WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. Obscure u as in fur, marked û. 1. Copy the following sentences carefully. 2. Write from dictation. 1. At every turn the maples burn, The quail is whistling free, The partridge whirs and the frosted burrs Are dropping for you and me. - EDMUND C. STEDMAN. 2. You may as well go about to turn the sun to ice with fanning in his face with a peacock's feather. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. 3. Hope ever urges on, and tells us to-morrow will be better.-TIBULLUS. 4. Away its hurrying waters break, Faster and whiter dash and curl, Till down yon dark abyss they hurl. 5. How sweet from the green mossy brim to receive it, As, poised on the curb, it inclined to my lips! 6. Sunk to a curve the daystar lessens still, Gives one bright glance, and drops behind the hill. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. 7. The budding groves appeared as if in haste To spur the steps of June. - WILLIAM WORDsworth. 8. We were the first that ever burst Into that silent sea. - SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE. |