27. The man who has been honoured by the world, even if he drops dead in the midst of his triumph, has been paid, and perhaps more than paid, for his good deeds, and if men’s rewards and punishments are balanced up, in the next world, such a man may find that he is in God’s debt. But the speaker, “The Patriot,” is suffering so much injustice and wrong that he is sure that some balance of reward will be due him in the next world. * * * * * LOVE AMONG THE RUINS. 1. =The quiet-coloured end of evening.= The late twilight when the bright colours have faded from the sky. 7. =a city.= The poet had in mind probably the Campagna,—the level stretch of country outside the city of Rome. This district was once very thickly populated. 9. Supply the conjunctive pronoun, _that_ or _which_. 13. Notice that throughout the poem, the description of the scenery as it now appears, is alternated with the pictures of its former splendour. 15-8. If there had been trees it would have been an easy matter to distinguish certain slopes from others by the single trees or groups of trees growing on them. Now these slopes are separated only by streams and they take their names from the names of these streams which flow through the valleys. 19. =daring.= Because it rose so high. 20. =like fires.= Glittering in the sunlight. 23. =nor be pressed.= Without being crowded. 29-30. =guessed alone, stock or stone.= You can only guess that the sticks and stones are there; the grass covers them. 39. =caper.= A low prickly shrub. =gourd.= A trailing or climbing plant, such for example, as our wild cucumber. =overscored.= By the stems of the vines, which form lines on the wall. 41-2. =houseleek.= A plant commonly found on old walls and ruins. patching. covering up the holes; or, perhaps, forming patches on the walls. =winks.= When moved by the breeze. 45. =burning.= Because they were made of gold. 47. =minions.= Favourites. 50-2. Smiles because she is leaving the flocks to return in peace to their folds. 55. =yellow hair.= A suggestion that she belonged to a northern race. 57. =caught soul.= They were inspired to do their best by seeing the king and courtiers watching from the tower. 63-4. =the glades’ colonnades.= The rows of columns in the valleys. 65. =causeys.= Causeways. A causeway is a raised road passing over wet or marshy ground. 79. He appeals to the feelings of his readers, who are moved by the same passions now as in the past. 80-4. These ruins are Earth’s returns, the only result of centuries of folly, noise and sin. In contrast with this is Love, which endures. * * * * * THE ISLES OF GREECE.