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197. ancient Edwin's day. Edwin, Anglian King of North- 

 umbria ; was born 585, and died 634 ; founded Edinburgh ; 

 became a Christian, converted by the teaching of Paulinus, 

 in 627. 



200. Paulinus. Sent from Rome by Pope Gregory in 601 as a 

 Christian missionary to England. He first taught in Kent 

 under Augustine, afterwards in Northumbria, whither he went 

 in the retinue -of Ethelburga, the Christian bride of pagan King 

 Edwin. Paulinus is regarded as the first of the Archbishops of 

 York. 



202. Bede. Born 673, died 735 ; spent all his life in the 

 Monastery of St. Paul's at Jarrow-on-Tyne ; wrote an Ecclesi- 

 astical History of our Island and People, in Latin. 



EXEKCISES 



1. Name some characteristics of the Sparrow. 



2. Name some of its accomplishments. 



3. Describe its relations to man ; and, as far as you can, 

 account for them. 



4. Mention, from your own observation, the differences in 

 appearance, character, habit, nest and eggs, &c., between the 

 house-sparrow and the hedge-sparrow. 



5. What poets (four or five) refer to the Sparrow ? Can you 

 give a reference to it in Shakespeare ? 



THE SPARROW'S NEST 



BEHOLD, within the leafy shade, 

 Those bright blue eggs together laid ! 

 On me the chance-discovered sight 

 Gleamed like a vision of delight. 

 I started seeming to espy 

 The home and sheltered bed, 

 The sparrow's dwelling, which, hard by 

 My father's house, in wet or dry 

 My sister Emmeline and I 

 10 Together visited. 



