ELSON GRAMMAR SCHOOL LITERATURE BOOK FOUR BY WILLIAM H. ELSON SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, CLEVELAND, OHIO AND CHRISTINE KECK PRINCIPAL OF SIGSBEE SCHOOL, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 1912 TABLE OF CONTENTS 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 PART III--Patriotic Selections