24. When to the startled eye the sudden glance Appears far south, _eruptive, through the cloud_, And following slower, in explosion vast, The _thunder_ raises his tremendous voice. THOMSON--_Seasons_. 25. GENTLEMAN.--"'Tis heaven to lounge upon a couch," said Gray, "And read new novels through a rainy day." Add but the Spanish weed, the bard was right. SPRAGUE. 25. LADY.--Your moralizing knitting-work, whose threads most aptly show How evenly around life's span our busy threads should go; And if a stitch perchance should drop, as life's frail stitches will, How, if we patient take it up, the work will prosper still. MRS. GILMAN. 26. 'Tis pleasant, by the cheerful hearth, to hear Of tempests, and the dangers of the deep, And pause at times, and feel that we are safe, Then listen to the perilous tale again, And with an eager and suspended soul Woo terror to delight us. SOUTHEY--_Madoc_. 27. The _moon_, Which kisseth every where, with silver lip, Dead things to life. KEATS. 28. The _insect_, that when evening comes, Small though he be, and scarce distinguishable, Unsheaths his wings, and through the woods and glades Scatters a marvellous splendor. ROGERS--_Italy_. 29. When down the green lane come heart-peals of laughter, For school has sent its eldest inmates forth, And when a smaller band comes dancing after, Filling the air with shouts of infant mirth. MRS. SCOTT. 30. _A couch near to a curtaining_, Whose airy texture, from a golden string Floating, into the room permits appear Unveil'd, the summer heaven, blue and clear. KEATS. 31. Dear to your heart are the scenes of your childhood, When fond recollection presents them to view, The orchard, the meadow, the deep-tangled wild-wood, And every loved spot which your infancy knew. WOODWORTH. 32. To seek the patient _fisher's_ silent stand, Intent, your angle trembling in your hand; With looks unmoved to lure the scaly breed, And eye the dancing cork and bending reed. POPE. 33. _Converse_, which qualifies for solitude, As exercise for salutary rest. YOUNG--_Night Thoughts_. 34. GENTLEMAN.--To follow, fleetest of the fleet, The _red deer_, driven along its native plains, With cry of _hound_ and _horn_. WORDSWORTH. 34. LADY.--One wild-flower from the path of love, All lowly though it lie, Is dearer than the wreath that waves To stern ambition's eye. H. T. TUCKERMAN.