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Directions for Reading.--Read the conversational parts of this poem
like conversation in prose.
Point out the _emphatic words_ in the first line of the last stanza.

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Language Lesson.--_Into sunset steering_, means sailing westward.
_The misty distance thronging_, means gathering together in the
distance.
_The still air rings with rapture_, means that the air becomes full of
joyful shouts.
_All the vanished joy of years the waiting ones recapture_, means that
the children regain the happiness lost during their father's absence.

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LESSON IX.

impos'ing, _grand looking; of great size_.
glar'ing, _fierce looking_.
lim'its, _space_.
e nor'mous, _very large; huge_.
start'led, _suddenly alarmed; surprised_.
au'dible, _that may be heard_.
maj'esty, _greatness; nobility_.
increas'ing, _growing larger_.

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THE LION.

There is, in the appearance of the lion, something both noble and
imposing.


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