Deferts rejoice and blofsom as the rofe. Tho' time and nature die, fhall firm endure. CHAPTER CXXVII. EXTRACT FROM MILTON'S PARADISE LOST. The reading of Milton with propriety requires a method peculiar to itself. In his style there is a pomp of sound and energy of expression, which, if rightly done, demands from him who attempts to read it, a full, deep, level tone of voice, added to a kind of grandeur of utterance look and manner. An uncommon elevation and sublimity of diction is one of the chief characteristics of Paradise Lost, although in many places where the sentiment requires it, Milton softens into tenderness, and melts into the most heart-rending pathetic. Begin with boldness in your look and manner. "W HENCE, and what art thou, execrable shape, "That dar'ft, tho' grim and terrible, advance "Thy mifcreated front athwart my way "To yonder gates? Thro' them i mean to pafs, "Who first broke peace in Heaven, and faith till then "Drew after him the third part of Heaven's fons, (1) Speak this line in a lower tone of voice, then assume the boldness in your look and manner, recommended before. x And reckon't thou thyfelf with fpirits of Heaven, "Hell doom'd, and breath'ft defiance here, and fcorn ઃ Where I reign king, and, to enrage thee more, Thy king and lord? Back to thy punishment, "Left with a whip of fcorpions I purfue “Thy ling'ring, or, with one stroke of this dart, "Strange horror feize thee, and pangs unfelt before." CHAPTER CXXVIII. SATAN'S ADDRESS TO THE SUN. Let your tone of voice be full, and solemn. So burdenfome, ftill paying, ftill to owe, Then happy; no unbounded hope had rais'd CHAPTER CXXIX. SATAN'S LAMENTATION. Read the following lines most affectingly, but with a kind of manly pathetic. E miserable which way fhall I fly ME Infinite wrath, and infinite despair? Would height recal high thoughts, how foon unfay For never can true reconcilement grow Where wounds of deadly hate have pierc'd fo deep! Mankind created, and for him this world. CHAPTER CXXX. EXTRACT FROM MILTON. The foregoing extracts from Milton are sufficient examples to the scholar of that grandeur and sublimity of expression which requires in the reading, a suitable grandeur of utterance. The following extracts from the same incomparable poem possess a peculiar ease, and affecting simplicity of diction, and require an easy unaffected mode of delivery, mixing, occasionally, that dignity so obviously the characteristic of epic poetry. The tenderness which breathes thro' the following ought to be read with a glow and softness of delivery. H' IS wonder was to find unwaken'd Eve With treffes difcompos'd, and glowing cheek, Leaning half-rais'd, with looks of cordial love Thy face, and morn return'd." CHAPTER CXXXI. EVE'S SPEECH TO ADAM, Let the following be read with the same glow and tenderness expression as before recommended. 7ITH thee converfing, I forget all time; W All feafons and their change, all please alike; Sweet is the breath of morn, her rifing sweet With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the fun When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glitt'ring with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and fweet the coming on -Of grateful evening mild; then filent night With this her folemn bird, and this fair moon, And these the gems of Heaven, her starry train ; But neither breath of morn, when the afcends With charm of earliest birds; nor rifing fun On this delightful land; nor herb, fruit, flow'r, Glitt'ring with dew; 'nor fragrance after show'rs, Nor grateful evening mild; nor filent night. With this her folemn bird; nor walk by moon, Or glittering ftar light, without thee is fweet. CHAPTER CXXXII. ADAM'S ACCOUNT OF THE MANNER IN WHICH HE FOUND HIMSELF UPON HIS CREATION. The following is simply beautiful. Let it be read in a manner entirely unrestrained. S new wak'd from foundest sleep, "AS "Soft on the flowery herb I found me laid In balmy fweat, which with his beams the fun "Soon dried, and on the reeking moisture fed. Straight towards Heaven my wand'ring eyes I turn'd, "And gaz'd awhile the ample sky, till rais'd "By quick instinctive motion, up I fprung, As thitherward endeavouring, and upright |