Eighth Grade

Then did he see it, and declare it;
He prepared it, yea, and searched it out

And unto man he said,
Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom;
And to depart from evil is understanding.

Job 28:1, 2, 12-28

WHAT CONSTITUTES A STATE

What constitutes a state?
Not high-raised battlement or labored mound,
Thick wall, or moated gate;
Not cities proud with spires and turrets crowned;
Not bays and broad-armed ports
Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride;
Not starred and spangled courts
Where low-born baseness wafts perfume to pride ;
No. MEN! high-minded men-
Men who their duties know,
But know their rights, and knowing, dare maintain;
Prevent the long-aimed blow,
And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain!
These constitute a state.

Sir William Jones

MORNING
Now Morning from her orient chamber came;
And her first footsteps touch'd a verdant hill;
Crowning its lawny crest with amber flame
Silv'ring the untainted gushes of its rill;
Which, pure from mossy beds, did down distill.
And after parting beds of simple flowers,

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