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LEAVING CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION, 1905.
EXAMINATION PAPERS.
ENGLISH.
Lower Grade.
Thursday, 22nd June.—10 A.M. to 12.30 P.M.
Every Candidate should answer nine questions (and NO more),
namely, Questions 1, 2, 3, and 4, and one other question in
Section L, two in Section II., and two in Section III.
Before attempting to answer any question, candidates should . read it
carefully through. This caution is particularly important in the case
of Question 3.
^E- Section I.
10. 1. Write out, and punctuate, the passage for dictation.
15. 2. Write an essay, of about two pages, on one of the following
subjects :—
(a.) An imaginary letter from an American boy or girl, describ¬
ing a first visit to Scotland.
(6.) The adventures of an umbrella.
3. Express, in your own language, the sense of the following
passage:—
“The Sailor sighs, as sinks his native shore,
As all its lessening turrets bluely fade;
He climbs the mast to feast his eye once more,
And busy Fancy fondly lends her aid.
Ah now, each jfear domestic scene he knew,
Recalled and cherished in a foreign clime,
Charms with the magic of a moonlight view,
Its colours mellowed, not impaired, by time.
True as the needle, homeward points his heart,
Through all the horrors of the stormy main;
ZThis the last wish with which its warmth. could part,
To meet the smile of her he loves again.”