The Ontario ReadersFront matterReading editionChapter navigation116 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterHIGH SCHOOL READER.PREFACE.SHORT EXTRACTS.INDEX OF AUTHORS.INTRODUCTORY.I. KING SOLOMON'S PRAYER AND BLESSING AT THE DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE.II. INVITATION.III.THE TRIAL SCENE IN THE "MERCHANT OF VENICE."[A]IV. OF BOLDNESS.V. TO DAFFODILS.VI. OF CONTENTEDNESS IN ALL ESTATES AND ACCIDENTS.VII. TO LUCASTA, ON GOING TO THE WARS.VIII. ANGLING.IX. ON THE MORNING OF CHRIST'S NATIVITY.THE HYMN.X. CHARACTER OF LORD FALKLAND.XI. VENI, CREATOR SPIRITUS.XII. LINES PRINTED UNDER THE PORTRAIT OF MILTON.XIII. REASON.XIV. ON THE LOVE OF COUNTRY AS A PRINCIPLE OF ACTION.XV. THE GOLDEN SCALES.XVI. MISJUDGED HOSPITALITY.XVII. FROM THE "ESSAY ON MAN."[B]XVIII. RULE, BRITANNIA.XIX. THE FIRST CRUSADE.XX. THE BARD.XXI. ON AN ADDRESS TO THE THRONE CONCERNING AFFAIRS IN AMERICA.XXII. FROM "THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD."XXIII. MEETING OF JOHNSON WITH WILKES.XXIV. THE POLICY OF THE EMPIRE IN THE FIRST CENTURY.XXV. ON THE ATTACKS UPON HIS PENSION.[F]XXVI. TWO EIGHTEENTH CENTURY SCENES.XXVII. FROM "THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL."[G]XXVIII. THE COTTER'S SATURDAY NIGHT.[H]XXIX. THE LAND O' THE LEAL.XXX. THE TRIAL BY COMBAT AT THE DIAMOND OF THE DESERT.[I]XXXI. TO A HIGHLAND GIRL.XXXII. FRANCE: AN ODE.XXXIII. COMPLAINT AND REPROOF.XXXIV. THE WELL OF ST. KEYNE.XXXV. THE ISLES OF GREECE.XXXVI. GO WHERE GLORY WAITS THEE.XXXVII. DEAR HARP OF MY COUNTRY.XXXVIII. COME, YE DISCONSOLATE.XXXIX. ON A LOCK OF MILTON'S HAIR.XL. THE GLOVE AND THE LIONS.XLI. THE CLOUD.XLII. ON FIRST LOOKING INTO CHAPMAN'S HOMER.XLIII. ON THE GRASSHOPPER AND THE CRICKET.XLIV. THE POWER AND DANGER OF THE CÆSARS.XLV. UNTHOUGHTFULNESS.XLVI. THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS.XLVII. A PARENTAL ODE TO MY SON.XLVIII. METAPHYSICS.XLIX. INDIAN SUMMER.[J]L. TO HELEN.[K]LI. HORATIUS.[L]LII. THE RAVEN.LIII. DAVID SWAN—A FANTASY.LIV. MY KATE.LV. A DEAD ROSE.LVI. TO THE EVENING WIND.LVII.—DEATH OF THE PROTECTOR.[M]LVIII. EACH AND ALL.LIX. WATERLOO.LX. THE DIVER.LXI. THE PLAGUE OF LOCUSTS.LXII. THE CANE-BOTTOM'D CHAIR.LXIII. THE RECONCILIATION.[N]LXIV. THE ISLAND OF THE SCOTS.LXV. THE GAMBLING PARTY.LXVI. THE PICKWICKIANS DISPORT THEMSELVES ON ICE.[O]LXVII. THE HANGING OF THE CRANE.LXVIII. EARTHWORMS.LXIX. "AS SHIPS, BECALMED AT EVE."LXX. DUTY.LXXI. SONNETS.LXXII. DOCTOR ARNOLD AT RUGBY.LXXIII. ODE TO THE NORTH-EAST WIND.LXXIV. FROM "THE MILL ON THE FLOSS."LXXV. THE CLOUD CONFINES.LXXVI. BARBARA FRIETCHIE.LXXVII. CONTENTMENT.LXXVIII. THE BRITISH CONSTITUTION.LXXIX. THE LORD OF BURLEIGH.LXXX. "BREAK, BREAK, BREAK."LXXXI. THE "REVENGE."LXXXII. HERVÉ RIEL.LXXXIII. SONNET.LXXXIV. OUR IDEAL.LXXXV. FROM THE APOLOGY OF SOCRATES.LXXXVI. THE EMPIRE OF THE CÆSARS.LXXXVII. OF THE MYSTERY OF LIFE.LXXXVIII. THE ROBIN.LXXXIX. THE OLD CRADLE.XC. RUGBY CHAPEL.XCI. IN THE ORILLIA WOODS.XCII. MORALS AND CHARACTER IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.XCIII. A LIBERAL EDUCATION.XCIV. TOO LATE.XCV. AMOR MUNDI.XCVI. TOUJOURS AMOUR.XCVII. ENGLAND.XCVIII. ROCOCO.XCIX. KINGS OF MEN.C. THALATTA! THALATTA!CI. THE FORSAKEN GARDEN.CII. A BALLAD TO QUEEN ELIZABETH OF THE SPANISH ARMADA.CIII. CIRCE.CIV. SCENES FROM "TECUMSEH."[Q]CV. THE RETURN OF THE SWALLOWS.CVI. DAWN ANGELS.CVII. LE ROI EST MORT.CVIII. TO WINTER.CIX. ABIGAIL BECKER.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →HIGH SCHOOL READER.All chapters and sections (116)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsHIGH SCHOOL READER.PREFACE.SHORT EXTRACTS.INDEX OF AUTHORS.INTRODUCTORY.I. KING SOLOMON'S PRAYER AND BLESSING AT THE DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE.II. INVITATION.III.THE TRIAL SCENE IN THE "MERCHANT OF VENICE."[A]IV. OF BOLDNESS.V. TO DAFFODILS.VI. OF CONTENTEDNESS IN ALL ESTATES AND ACCIDENTS.VII. TO LUCASTA, ON GOING TO THE WARS.VIII. ANGLING.IX. ON THE MORNING OF CHRIST'S NATIVITY.THE HYMN.X. CHARACTER OF LORD FALKLAND.XI. VENI, CREATOR SPIRITUS.XII. LINES PRINTED UNDER THE PORTRAIT OF MILTON.XIII. REASON.XIV. ON THE LOVE OF COUNTRY AS A PRINCIPLE OF ACTION.XV. THE GOLDEN SCALES.XVI. MISJUDGED HOSPITALITY.XVII. FROM THE "ESSAY ON MAN."[B]XVIII. RULE, BRITANNIA.XIX. THE FIRST CRUSADE.XX. THE BARD.XXI. ON AN ADDRESS TO THE THRONE CONCERNING AFFAIRS IN AMERICA.XXII. FROM "THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD."XXIII. MEETING OF JOHNSON WITH WILKES.XXIV. THE POLICY OF THE EMPIRE IN THE FIRST CENTURY.XXV. ON THE ATTACKS UPON HIS PENSION.[F]XXVI. TWO EIGHTEENTH CENTURY SCENES.XXVII. FROM "THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL."[G]XXVIII. THE COTTER'S SATURDAY NIGHT.[H]XXIX. THE LAND O' THE LEAL.XXX. THE TRIAL BY COMBAT AT THE DIAMOND OF THE DESERT.[I]XXXI. TO A HIGHLAND GIRL.XXXII. FRANCE: AN ODE.XXXIII. COMPLAINT AND REPROOF.XXXIV. THE WELL OF ST. KEYNE.XXXV. THE ISLES OF GREECE.XXXVI. GO WHERE GLORY WAITS THEE.XXXVII. DEAR HARP OF MY COUNTRY.XXXVIII. COME, YE DISCONSOLATE.XXXIX. ON A LOCK OF MILTON'S HAIR.XL. THE GLOVE AND THE LIONS.XLI. THE CLOUD.XLII. ON FIRST LOOKING INTO CHAPMAN'S HOMER.XLIII. ON THE GRASSHOPPER AND THE CRICKET.XLIV. THE POWER AND DANGER OF THE CÆSARS.XLV. UNTHOUGHTFULNESS.XLVI. THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS.XLVII. A PARENTAL ODE TO MY SON.XLVIII. METAPHYSICS.XLIX. INDIAN SUMMER.[J]L. TO HELEN.[K]LI. HORATIUS.[L]LII. THE RAVEN.LIII. DAVID SWAN—A FANTASY.LIV. MY KATE.LV. A DEAD ROSE.LVI. TO THE EVENING WIND.LVII.—DEATH OF THE PROTECTOR.[M]LVIII. EACH AND ALL.LIX. WATERLOO.LX. THE DIVER.LXI. THE PLAGUE OF LOCUSTS.LXII. THE CANE-BOTTOM'D CHAIR.LXIII. THE RECONCILIATION.[N]LXIV. THE ISLAND OF THE SCOTS.LXV. THE GAMBLING PARTY.LXVI. THE PICKWICKIANS DISPORT THEMSELVES ON ICE.[O]LXVII. THE HANGING OF THE CRANE.LXVIII. EARTHWORMS.LXIX. "AS SHIPS, BECALMED AT EVE."LXX. DUTY.LXXI. SONNETS.LXXII. DOCTOR ARNOLD AT RUGBY.LXXIII. ODE TO THE NORTH-EAST WIND.LXXIV. FROM "THE MILL ON THE FLOSS."LXXV. THE CLOUD CONFINES.LXXVI. BARBARA FRIETCHIE.LXXVII. CONTENTMENT.LXXVIII. THE BRITISH CONSTITUTION.LXXIX. THE LORD OF BURLEIGH.LXXX. "BREAK, BREAK, BREAK."LXXXI. THE "REVENGE."LXXXII. HERVÉ RIEL.LXXXIII. SONNET.LXXXIV. OUR IDEAL.LXXXV. FROM THE APOLOGY OF SOCRATES.LXXXVI. THE EMPIRE OF THE CÆSARS.LXXXVII. OF THE MYSTERY OF LIFE.LXXXVIII. THE ROBIN.LXXXIX. THE OLD CRADLE.XC. RUGBY CHAPEL.XCI. IN THE ORILLIA WOODS.XCII. MORALS AND CHARACTER IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.XCIII. A LIBERAL EDUCATION.XCIV. TOO LATE.XCV. AMOR MUNDI.XCVI. TOUJOURS AMOUR.XCVII. ENGLAND.XCVIII. ROCOCO.XCIX. KINGS OF MEN.C. THALATTA! THALATTA!CI. THE FORSAKEN GARDEN.CII. A BALLAD TO QUEEN ELIZABETH OF THE SPANISH ARMADA.CIII. CIRCE.CIV. SCENES FROM "TECUMSEH."[Q]CV. THE RETURN OF THE SWALLOWS.CVI. DAWN ANGELS.CVII. LE ROI EST MORT.CVIII. TO WINTER.CIX. ABIGAIL BECKER.Some diacritical marks and special characters may not be visible in all browsers.◇The Ontario Readers.HIGH SCHOOL READER. →