d live! his knights have heard
That God hath told the King a secret word.
Fall battleaxe, and flash brand! Let the King reign.

Blow trumpet! he will lift us from the dust! 10
Blow trumpet! live the strength, and die the lust!
Clang battleaxe, and clash brand! Let the King reign.

Strike for the King and die! and if thou diest,
The King is King, and ever wills the highest.
Clang battleaxe, and clash brand! Let the king reign. 15

Blow, for our Sun is mighty in his May!
Blow, for our Sun is mightier day by day!
Clang battleaxe, and clash brand! Let the King reign.

The King will follow Christ, and we the King
In whom high God hath breathed a secret thing. 20
Fall battleaxe, and flash brand! Let the King reign.

--_Alfred Tennyson_

How do you describe this poem from the standpoint of;
(1) the amount of energy, (2) excitement or nervous
tension? With what Force and in what Pitch should it be
read? (Introduction, pp. 22 and 25.)

Account for the Time in which it is read. (Introduction,
p. 13.)

What is the purpose of the question in stanza ii? How is
this purpose indicated by the Inflection? (Introduction,
p. 19.)

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THE NORTHERN STAR

A Tynemouth Ship

The Northern Star
Sail'd over the bar
Bound to the Baltic Sea;
In the morning gray
She stretched away:-- 5
'Twas a weary day to me!

For many an hour
In sleet and shower
By the lighthouse rock I stray;
And watch till dark 10
For the winged bark
Of him that is far away.

The castle's bound
I wander round
Amidst the grassy graves: 15
But all I hear
Is the north-wind drear,
And all I see are the waves.

The Northern Star
Is set afar! 20
Set in the Baltic Sea:
And the waves have spread
The sandy bed
That holds my Love from me.

--_Unknown_

PREPARATORY.--Tell the story of the poem, making as
vivid as possible the scenes depicted. Compare
Kingsley's _Three Fishers_, and Lucy Larcom's _Hannah
binding Shoes_.

Compare this poem with _The Knights' Chorus_ from the
standpoint of