NEAR yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change his place. By doctrines fashioned to the varying hour; Sat by his fire, and talked the night away; Wept o'er his wounds, or, tales of sorrow done, Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all. Beside the bed where parting life was laid, At church, with meek and unaffected grace, 1. Where had the Minister's manse stood? 2. What was his yearly income? 3. Did he eagerly seek after a rich living? 4. On what was he more bent than on lofty station in the church? 5. Name some of the "wandering train" who well knew his house. 6. Describe the old beggar. 7. How was the spendthrift treated by him? 8. How did the old soldier pass the night under his roof? 9. What was his pride? 10. How acted this good man in the discharge of his duty? 11. How does the parent bird induce the young ones to fly ? 12. How did the pastor try to draw people along the narrow way that leads to heaven? 13. At what bed-side was he often found? 14. To whom would he direct the dying sinner to flee ? 15. Describe the pastor in the pulpit. 16. Who flocked to speak with him after the service ? 17. Who gave his gown a gentle pull, and why? 18. What gave him pleasure, and what caused him distress? 19. In the midst of his earthly sorrows, where did his soul ever find rest? 20 To what is he compared in the last four lines? 21. Show the correctness of the simile, in the several points indicated by the words printed in Italics. PATRIOTS have toil'd, and in their country's cause Yet few remember them. They liv'd unknown, And chas'd them up to Heav'n. Their ashes flew He is the freeman, whom the truth makes free, Of nature, and, though poor, perhaps, compar'd 1 See Judges xvi. 7. &c. With a propriety that none can feel, 1. In what cause do patriots suffer? 2. For what do martyrs bleed? 3. How are the names of patriots preserved? 4. Are not martyrs who die for the Truth more deserving of grateful remembrance even than they? 5. What does the patriot win with his blood? 6. Were not the Christian martyrs generally obscure individuals? 7. How were they made known to fame? Cowper. XXXIV.-BOADICE'A. BOADICEA, lived in the middle of the first century, and was the wife of Prasutagus the king of the Iceni, a tribe of Britons inhabiting Norfolk and Suffolk. Prasutagus at his death bequeathed his wealth to his two daughters and to the Roman emperor. Nero was at this time emperor; and Suetonius Paulinus, a general of great skill and energy, commanded in Britain. While Suetonius was occupied in attacking the Isle of Anglesey (then called Mona,) Boadicea was scourged and her daughters violated by the orders of the Roman procurator Catus, for some cause not recorded. The crime however brought its punishment. The Iceni and their neighbours, the Trinobantes (who dwelt in what is now Essex and Middlesex), flew to arms. They first attacked and destroyed the Roman colony of Camalodunum (Colchester), and defeated a Roman legion which was coming to the relief of the place, under the command of Petilius Cerialis. The insurgents also massacred the Romans at Verola. mium (St. Alban's), and at London, which was then famous for its commerce. Tacitus says that the Romans and their allies were destroyed to the number of 70,000, many of whom perished under torture. Suetonius hastened to the scene of this revolt; and met the Britons (A.D. 61), who were commanded by Boadicea, with her two daughters, and totally defeated them with a dreadful carnage. Tacitus, a nearly contemporary historian, estimates the destruction at 80,000 persons. Boadicea, he tells us, killed herself by poison.-Knight's Cyclopædia. Princess! if our aged eyes Weep upon thy matchless wrongs, Rome shall perish-write that word Rome, for empire far renown'd, Other Romans shall arise, Heedless of a soldier's name; Then the progeny 2 that springs From the forests of our land, Regions Cæsar never knew, Such the Bard's prophetic words, She, with all a monarch's pride, Ruffians, pitiless as proud, Heaven awards the vengeance due; Empire is on us bestow'd, you. Shame and ruin wait for Cowper. 1 The modern Romans, the Italians, are passionately fond of music. 2 The ships of England. 3 The British, not the Romans. |