_ 133

When the Snow Sifts Through _Gillilan._ 137

Wild Flower, To a _Thompson._ 138

Zoroaster, The Fate of _Crawford._ 139

II

SOLEMN, REVERENTIAL, SUBLIME

Centennial Hymn _Whittier._ 144

Chambered Nautilus, The _Holmes._ 145

Crossing the Bar _Tennyson._ 146

Destruction of Sennacherib, The _Byron._ 147

Each and All _Emerson._ 148

Laus Deo! _Whittier._ 149

Pilgrim Fathers, The _Hemans._ 151

Present Crisis, The _Lowell._ 152

Recessional, The _Kipling._ 155

Sacredness of Work, The _Carlyle._ 156

What's Hallowed Ground? _Campbell._ 157

III

PATRIOTIC, HEROIC, ORATORICAL

The Seven Great Orators of the World 159

I. Demosthenes

Encroachments of Philip, The 159

II. Cicero

Oration against Antony 162

III. Chrysostom

Undue Lamentations over the Dead 165
On Applauding Preachers 167

IV. Bossuet

On the Death of the Prince of Conde 169

V. Chatham

I. War with America 171
II. Attempt to Subjugate America 173

VI. Burke

I. Impeachment of Hastings 175
II. Conciliation with America 178
III. English Privileges in America 182

VII. Webster

I. Bunker Hill Monument 185
II. Revolutionary Patriots 188
III. Character of Washington 191

Six Great Triumphs in the History of American Oratory 193

I. Henry

Call to Arms, The 193

II. Hamilton

Coercion of Delinquent States 196

III. Webster

Reply to Hayne, The 199

IV. Phillips