Chapter I: Part I: Famous Rides, Selections from Shakespeare and other Poets, and

Studies in Rhythm.

FAMOUS RIDES:

PAUL REVERE'S RIDE, Henry W. Longfellow THE LEAP OF ROUSHAN BEG, Henry W. Longfellow THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE AT BALAKLAVA, Alfred, Lord Tennyson THE DIVERTING HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN, William Cowper HOW THEY BROUGHT THE GOOD NEWS FROM GHENT TO AIX, Robert Browning INCIDENT OF THE FRENCH CAMP, Robert Browning HERVÉ RIEL, Robert Browning

STUDIES IN RHYTHM:

THE BUGLE SONG, Alfred, Lord Tennyson THE BROOK, Alfred, Lord Tennyson SONG OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE, Sidney Lanier THE CATARACT OF LODORE, Robert Southey THE BELLS, Edgar Allan Poe ANNABEL LEE, Edgar Allan Poe OPPORTUNITY, Edward Rowland Sill

NATURE:

TO A WATERFOWL, William Cullen Bryant THE SKYLARK, James Hogg TO A SKYLARK, Percy Bysshe Shelley THE CLOUD, Percy Bysshe Shelley APOSTROPHE TO THE OCEAN, Lord Byron

STORIES:

THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB, Lord Byron THE EVE BEFORE WATERLOO, Lord Byron SONG OF THE GREEK BARD, Lord Byron MARCO BOZZARIS, Fitz-Greene Halleck THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE, Charles Wolfe ABSALOM, Nathaniel Parker Wills LOCHINVAR, Sir Walter Scott PARTING OF MARMION AND DOUGLAS, Sir Walter Scott FOR A' THAT AND A' THAT, Robert Burns

SELECTIONS FROM SHAKESPEARE:

MERCY, The Merchant of Venice THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN, As You Like It POLONIUS'S ADVICE, Hamlet MAN, Hamlet HAMLET'S SOLILOQUY, Hamlet REPUTATION, Othello WOLSEY AND CROMWELL, King Henry VIII CASSIO AND IAGO, Othello

PART II--Great American Authors

WASHINGTON IRVING
RIP VAN WINKLE
THE VOYAGE

NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
THE GREAT STONE FACE
MY VISIT TO NIAGARA

EDGAR ALLAN POE
A DESCENT INTO THE MAELSTRÖM
THE RAVEN

HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW
EVANGELINE: A TALE OF ACADIE
THE BUILDING OF THE SHIP

JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER
SNOW-BOUND
THE SHIP BUILDERS

OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS
THE DEACON'S MASTERPIECE; OR THE WONDERFUL "ONE-HOSS SHAY"
OLD IRONSIDES
THE BOYS
THE LAST LEAF

JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL
THE VISION OF SIR LAUNFAL
YUSSOUF

SIDNEY LANIER
THE MARSHES OF GLYNN