In Flanders fields, the cannon boom And fitful flashes light the gloom, While up above, like eagles, fly The fierce destroyers of the sky; With stains the earth wherein you lie Is redder than the poppy bloom, In Flanders fields. Sleep on, ye brave. The shrieking shell, The quaking trench, the startled yell, The fury of the battle hell Shall wake you not, for all is well. Sleep peacefully, for all is well. Your flaming torch aloft we bear, With burning heart an oath we swear To keep the faith, to fight it through, To crush the foe or sleep with you In Flanders fields. C. B. GALBRAITH. A BALLAD OF HEROES Because you passed, and now are not,-- Because in some remoter day Your sacred dust from doubtful spot Was blown of ancient airs away,-- Because you perished,--must men say Your deeds were naught, and so profane Your lives with that cold burden? Nay, The deeds you wrought are not in vain! Though, it may be above the plot That hid your once imperial clay, No greener than o'er men forgot The unregarded grasses sway,-- Though there no sweeter is the lay From careless bird,--though you remain Without distinction of decay,-- The deeds you wrought are not in vain! No. For while yet in tower or cot Your story stirs the pulse's play; And men forget the sordid lot-- The sordid care, of cities gray;-- While yet, beset in homelier fray, They learn from you the lesson plain That life may go, so Honor stay,-- The deeds you wrought are not in vain! ENVOY Heroes of old! I humbly lay The laurel on your graves again; Whatever men have done, men may,-- The deeds you wrought are not in vain! AUSTIN DOBSON. DICTIONARY =a byss'=: a deep gulf. =ac' me=: height. =ac ro bat' ics=: gymnastics; athletic exercises. =ad' age=: saying; proverb. =a e' ri al=: airy. =a lac' ri ty=: eagerness; spryness. =al' der man=: here, a Saxon nobleman. =al' gae=: seaweeds. =al ter' na tive=: a second choice. =A' ma ti ki' ta=: an Esquimau. =am' i ca bly ad just' ed=: arranged peacefully. =am' phi the a ter=: a circular building with tiers of seats arranged around an open space. =an' chor ite=: a hermit. =an' nals=: records. =aped=: imitated. =ap er tif'= (teef): an appetizer. =ap' er ture=: opening. =Ap' pa lach' ian=: a chain of mountains in the eastern United States. =ap pre hen' sions=: fears. =a quat' ic=: of the water. =ar cade'=: an arched gallery. =ar tic' u late=: in regular words. =at' mos phere=: air pressure at sea level used as a unit. =au ro' ra=: the Northern Lights, the red glow in the sky in the Far North. =aus ter' i ty=: soberness; sternness. =av a ri' cious= (rish us): greedy of gain. =Bal lin droch' a ter=: a Scotch village. =ban dit' ti=: outlaws; bandits.