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There was one with ringlets of sunny gold,

And eyes the reflection of heaven's own blue;
He passed in the twilight gray and cold,

And the pale mist hid him from mortal view.
We saw not the angels who met him there,

The gates of the city we could not see-
Over the river, over the river,

My brother stands waiting to welcome me.
2. When the lessons and tasks are all ended,
And the school for the day is dismissed,
And the little ones gather around me

To bid me good-night and be kissed;
Oh, the little white arms that encircle
My neck in a tender embrace!

Oh, the smiles that are halos of heaven,
Shedding sunshine of love on my face!

OROTUND TONE.

The orotund is a round, full tone, being the maximum of the pure quality, and is produced with the throat open and the cavity of the mouth enlarged.

It is used in expressing the language of awe, sublimity, grandeur, and courage.

EXAMPLES.
Awe.

1. O righteous heaven! ere Freedom found a grave,
Why slept the sword, omnipotent to save?

Where was thine arm, O Vengeance, where thy rod,
That smote the foes of Zion and of God?

2. O Thou eternal One! whose presence bright
All space doth occupy, all motion guide,
Unchanged through time's all-devastating blight!
Thou only God, there is no god beside!
Being above all things, mighty One,

Whom none can comprehend and none explore;
Who fill'st existence with thyself alone,-
Embracing all, supporting, ruling o'er,-
Being whom we call God, and know no more!

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Sublimity and Grandeur.

1. The sky is changed! and such a change! O Night,
And Storm, and Darkness, ye are wondrous strong,
Yet lovely in your strength, as is the light
Of a dark eye in woman! Far along,

From peak to peak, the rattling crags among,
Leaps the live thunder! — not from one lone cloud,
But every mountain now hath found a tongue;
And Jura answers, through her misty shroud,
Back to the joyous Alps, who call to her aloud!

2. Oh! teach me who is God, and where his glories shine,
That I may kneel and pray, and call thy Father mine.

Courage.

1. And the prætor drew back as I were pollution, and sternly said, "Let the carrion rot: there are no noble men but Romans." And so, fellow-gladiators, must you, and so must I, die like dogs. O Rome! Rome! thou hast been a tender nurse to me. Ay! thou hast given to that poor, gentle, timid shepherd lad, who never knew a harsher tone than a flutenote, muscles of iron and a heart of flint,- taught him to drive the sword through plaited mail and links of rugged brass, and warm it in the marrow of his foe; to gaze into the glaring eyeballs of the fierce Numidian lion, even as a boy upon a laughing girl. And he shall pay thee back until the yellow Tiber is red as frothing wine, and in its deepest ooze thy life-blood lies curdled!

2. Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;
Or close the wall up with our English dead.
Oh, when the blast of war blows in our ears,
Then imitate the action of the tiger:
Stiffen the sinew — summon up the blood –
Disguise fair nature with hard-favored rage;
Then lend to the eye a terrible aspect;

Aye, set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide,
Hold hard the breath, and bend up every spirit
To its full height! On, on, you noble English,
Whose blood is set from fathers of war proof;
Cry, Heaven, for Harry, England and St. George!

IMPURE TONE.

Impure tone is the pure tone modified by the position of the organs of speech.

PECTORAL TONE.

The pectoral is a harsh, husky tone, produced by a rigid contraction of the muscles of the throat and chest. It is used in expressing horror, hatred and malice, or despair.

EXAMPLES.
Horror.

1. Oh! I have passed a miserable night,
So full of fearful dreams, of ugly sights,
That as I am a Christian faithful man,
I would not spend another such a night,
Though 't were to buy a world of happy days,
So full of dismal terror was the time!

2. So frowned the mighty combatants, that hell
Grew darker at their frown; so matched they stood;
For never but once more was either like

To meet so great a Foe: and now great deeds

Had been achieved, whereof all hell had rung,
Had not the snaky sorceress that sat

Fast by hell-gate and kept the fatal key,

Risen, and with hideous outcry rushed between

Hatred and Malice.

I loathe you in my bosom!

I scorn you with mine eye!

I'll taunt you with my latest breath,
And fight you till I die.

Despair.

I shall despair! There is no creature loves me,

And if I die, no soul will pity me:

Nay, wherefore should they, since that I myself
Find in myself no pity to myself?

Methought the souls of all that I had murdered
Came to my tent, and every one did threat
To-morrow's vengeance on the head of Richard.

GUTTURAL TONE.

The guttural tone is produced by a resonance in the throat, resembling the growling of wild beasts. It is used to express extreme anger, hatred, or contempt.

EXAMPLES.

Extreme Anger.

1. You common cry of curs! whose breath I hate
As reek o' the rotten fens - whose loves I prize
As the dead carcasses of unburied men,

That do corrupt my air - I banish you!

2. Burned Marmion's swarthy cheek like fire,
And shook his very frame for ire;

And "This to me!" he said,

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"An 't were not for thy hoary beard,
Such hand as Marmion's had not spared
To cleave the Douglas' head!"

Hatred or Contempt.

1. How like a fawning publican he looks!
I hate him for that he is a Christian;
But more, for that, in low simplicity,

He lends out money gratis, and brings down
The rate of usuance with us here in Venice.
If I but catch him once upon the hip,

I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him!

2. Thou slave, thou wretch, thou coward!

Thou cold-blooded slave!

Thou wear a lion's hide?

Doff it, for shame, and hang

A calf-skin on those recreant limbs.

TREMULOUS TONE.

The tremulous tone is one in which the flow of the voice. is broken. The vowels, instead of being uttered smoothly, are made up of a succession of impulses.

EXAMPLES.

1. Pity the sorrows of a poor old man,

Whose trembling limbs have borne him to your door,

Whose days are dwindled to the shortest span:

Oh, give relief, and heaven will bless your store.

2. Farewell! a long farewell! to all my greatness.

3. Mother, the angels do so smile, and beckon little Jim;

I have no pain, dear mother, now, but oh! I am so dry:

Just moisten poor Jim's lips again—and mother, don't you cry.

ASPIRATE TONE.

The aspirate tone is a whispered utterance with little or no vocality. Its characteristic is distinctness, and what is lost in vocality is made up in distinctness. It is used to denote secrecy, fear, or revenge.

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This is the mouth o' the cell: no noise! and enter.

2. How ill this taper burns!

Ha! who comes here?

Cold drops of sweat hang on my trembling flesh,
My blood grows chilly, and I freeze with horror!

3. The ancient Earl, with stately grace,

Would Clara on her palfry place,

And whisper, in an undertone,

"Let the hawk stoop, his prey is flown.”

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