THE

SECOND

POETICAL READING BOOK.

LONDON:

SPOTTISWOODES and SHAW,

New street-Square.

THE

SECOND

POETICAL READING BOOK.

COMPILED FOR

The Use of Families and Schools;

WITH

INTRODUCTORY DESCRIPTIONS, EXPLANATORY NOTES, AND
EXERCISES IN SPELLING AND ETYMOLOGY.

BY

WALTER MCLEOD,

HEAD MASTER OF THE MODEL SCHOOL, ROYAL MILITARY
ASYLUM, CHELSEA.

AUTHOR OF

"THE GEOGRAPHY OF PALESTINE,' ""A FIRST AND SECOND READING BOOK,"
66 ARITHMETICAL QUESTIONS," ETC.

Poesy serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and
delectation."- BACON.

BIE

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR

LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS,

PATERNOSTER-ROW.