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ough the mist upon our jackets In the bitter air congeals, And our lines wind stiff and slowly From off the frozen reels; Though the fog be dark around us, And the storm blow high and loud, We will whistle down the wild wind, And laugh beneath the cloud! Hurra!--Hurra!--the west wind Comes freshening down the bay, The rising sails are filling-- Give way, my lads, give way! Leave the coward landsman clinging To the dull earth like a weed-- The stars of heaven shall guide us, The breath of heaven shall speed! * * * * * Directions for Reading.--Let some pupil in the class state in what manner the lesson should be read. * * * * * Language Lesson.--Change the verbs throughout the sixth stanza so as to represent past action. Give the time indicated in the following sentences. I _am thinking_ about it. I _am going_ to-morrow. As _verb-forms_ do not always determine the _time of an action_, we must call an action _past, present_, or _future_, in accordance with the meaning indicated by the verb. * * * * * LESSON LXIX. op er a'tions, _ways of working; deeds_. e vap'o rat ed, _has the moisture taken from it_. au'ger, _a tool used in boring holes_. shan'ty, _a hut; a poor dwelling_. e nor'mous, _of very large size_. su per in tend'ing, _directing; taking care of_. an nounce', _give first notice of; make known_. de li'cious, _affording great pleasure, especially to the taste_. de'tails, _small parts of any thing_. clar'i fied, _made clear or pure_. * * * * * MAKING MAPLE SUGAR. PART I. There is no part of farming that a boy enjoys more than the making of maple sugar; it is better than "blackberrying," and nearly as good as fishing. And one reason he likes this work is that somebody else does the most of it. It is a sort of work in which he can appear to be very active, and yet not do much. In my day maple-sugar-making used to be something between picnicking and being shipwrecked on a fertile island, where one should save from the wreck, tubs and augers, and great kettles and pork, and hen's-eggs and rye-and-indian bread, and begin at once to lead the sweetest life in the world. I am told that it is something different nowadays, and that there is more desire to
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