Vocabulary

lattice - n. A structure of crisscrossed strips forming a pattern of openings

E.g. "Surely that is something at my window lattice"

beguile - v. to influence by deceit; to trick

E.g.: "Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, by the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore...

placid - adj. calm; peaceful; undisturbed

E.g.: "But the Raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only that one word as if his soul in that one word he did outpour."

respite - n. a period of rest or relief, as from work or sorrow

E.g.: "Respite - respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore"

balm - n. something that heals or soothes, as an ointment

E.g.: "Is there - is there balm in Gilead?-tell me - tell me, I implore!"

 

Complete the following sentence:

The ____ lake beckoned us to take the canoe and skim along its surface.

A. lattice

B. placid

C. beguile

D. respite

Which line from Longfellow's poem "A Psalm of Life" would you cite to show the American Romantic characteristic of the importance of the individual, of taking charge of one's life and making a difference?

A. 9- "Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way;"

B. 19- "Be not like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the strife!"

C. 14- "And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still...are beating Funeral marches to the grave."

 

 

Tell me not, in mournful numbers,

Life is but an empty dream!--

For the soul is dead that slumbers.

4- And things are not what they seem.

 

Life is real! Life is earnest!

And the grave is not its goal;

Dust thou art, to dust returnest,

8- Was not spoken of the soul.

 

Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,

Is our destined end or way;

But to act, that each to-morrow

12- Find us farther than to-day.

 

Art is long, and Time is fleeting,

And our hearts, though stout and brave,

Still, like muffled drums, are beating

16- Funeral marches to the grave.

 

Section 19- The authority of government, even such as I am willing to submit to--for 1 will cheerfully obey those who know and can do better than I and in many things even those who neither know nor can do so well -is, still an impure one to be strictly just, it must have the sanction and consent of the governed. It can have no pure right over my person and property but what I concede to it. The progress from an absolute to a limited monarchy, from a limited monarchy to a democracy, is a progress toward a true respect for the individual. Even the Chinese philosopher was. wise enough to regard the. individual as the basis of the empire. Is a democracy, such as we know it, the last improvement possible in government? Is it not possible to take a step further towards recognizing and organizing the rights of man? There will never be a really free and enlightened State until the State comes to recognize the individual as a higher and independent power, from which all its own power and authority are derived. and treats him accordingly. 1 please myself with imagining a State at least which can afford to be just to all men, and to treat the individual with respect as a neighbor: which even would not think it inconsistent with its own repose if a few were to live aloof from it, not meddling with it, nor embraced by it, who fulfilled all the duties of neighbors and fellow-men. A State which bore this kind of fruit, and suffered it to drop off as fast as it ripened, would prepare the way for a still more perfect and glorious State, which also I have imagined, but not yet anywhere seen