It was, in fact, a pitiful sight. The blacks offered no serious
resistance. The five hundred reds succeeded in carrying off fully
three hundred young ants. At two or three feet from the hole, the
blacks ceased to pursue them, and returned slowly to their home.
DEFINITIONS:--Repulsive, disagreeable. Tropics, the warm regions
near the equator. Precaution, care taken beforehand. Fray, fight.
Augmented, made greater. Astounding, overwhelming. Mandibles, the
mouth organs of insects. Sallied, rushed forth.
DEAR COUNTRY MINE.
BY RICHARD WATSON GILDER.
Dear country mine! far in that viewless west,
And ocean-warded, strife thou too hast known;
But may thy sun hereafter bloodless shine,
And may thy way be onward without wrath,
And upward on no carcass of the slain;
And if thou smitest let it be for peace
And justice--not in hate, or pride, or lust
Of empire. Mayst thou ever be, O land,
Noble and pure as thou art free and strong;
So shalt thou lift a light for all the world
And for all time, and bring the Age of Peace.
--By permission, From "Five Books of Song.
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