y for his own pleasure merely, but translated and
wrote many works for the good of his people, using the simple language
which they could easily understand and enjoy. His person was handsome and
dignified, full of grace and activity. But the more noble beauty was
within, in the enlightened mind and virtuous heart of the king. After his
name, which has its place on an ancient record of English kings, is
written the noble title of "Truth Teller."

DEFINITIONS.--2. Mon'as-ter-y, a religious house where monks live. 5.
In-va'sion, the warlike entrance of an army. 8. Dis-guised', hidden by an
unusual dress and appearance. 12. U-ni--ver'si-ty, a school of the highest
grade, in which are taught all branches of learning. 14. Trans-lat'ed,
changed from one language to another. En-light'ened, well informed.

LXXVII. LIVING ON A FARM. (220)

1. How brightly through the mist of years,
My quiet country home appears!
My father busy all the day
In plowing corn or raking hay;
My mother moving with delight
Among the milk pans, silver-bright;
We children, just from school set free,
Filling the garden with our glee.
The blood of life was flowing warm
When I was living on a farm.

2. I hear the sweet churchgoing bell,
As o'er the fields its music fell,
I see the country neighbors round
Gathering beneath the pleasant sound;
They stop awhile beside the door,
To talk their homely matters o'er
The springing corn, the ripening grain,
And "how we need a little rain;"
"A little sun would do no harm,
We want good weather for the farm."

3. When autumn came, what joy to see
The gathering of the husking bee,
To hear the voices keeping tune,
Of girls and boys beneath the moon,
To mark the golden corn ears bright,
More golden in the yellow light!
Since I have learned the ways of men,
I often turn to these again,
And feel life wore its highest charm.
When I was living on the farm.

LXXIX. HUGH IDLE AND MR. TOIL. (221)

Adapted from the story of "Little Daffydowndilly," by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
The author was born at Salem, Mass., in 1804, and ranks among the first of
American novelists. He died in 1864.

1. Hugh Idle loved to do only what was agreeable, and took no delight in
labor of any kind. But while Hugh was yet a little boy, he was sent away
from home, and put under the care of a very strict schoolmaster, who went
by the name of Mr. Toil.