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JAMES MATTHEWS LEGARE" *

To A LILY (PAGE 217) Venus: reference is to the legend that Venus rose first from the foam of the sea.

QUESTIONS, i. What comparisons does the poet make between the

lily and his beloved? 2. Does the poem seem sincere in its sentiment?

HAW BLOSSOMS (PAGE 217)

QUESTIONS, i. What scene is described in the first five stanzas?

2. What meditations on this scene are given in the next seven stanzas? 3. What lesson is brought out in the last two stanzas?

WILLIAM GILMORE SIMMS

OH, THE SWEET SOUTH (PAGE 220)

QUESTIONS, i. What is the thought of the first stanza? 2. What

characteristics of the South are mentioned in the second stanza?

THE SWAMP Fox (PAGE 222)

This poem is found in Simms s historical romance "The Partisan." The Swamp Fox was a common designation for General Francis Marion, a Revolutionary leader in South Carolina, whose shrewdness in attack and escape won this nickname. Tarleton: a distinguished leader of the British forces in the South during the Revolutionary War. Santee: Marion s principal field of operations lay between the Santee and the Peedee rivers. The Colonel: at this time Marion held the rank of colonel. Subsequently he was advanced to the rank of general. cooter: a Southern col loquialism for a fresh-water tortoise or turtle.

QUESTIONS, i. What details of the life of Marion and his men are

mentioned? 2. Compare this poem with Bryant s "Song of Marion s Men." 1 Pronounced Legarce,