EXAMINATION PAPEttS.
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LEAVING CERTIFICATE, 1901,
EXAMINATION PAPERS.
ENGLISH.
Lower Grade.
Thursday, 20th June.—10 A.M. to 12.30 P.M.
Every Candidate should answer nine questions (and not more THAN
nine), of which five must be in. Section I., two in Section IL, and
two in Section III. Questions 1, 2, and 3 must be attempted.
ALUE- Section I.
JO, 1. Write out, and punctuate, the passage read for dictation.
2. Write an essay, of about two pages, on one of the following
subjects:—
(«.) A comparison of the Navy and the Army as careers.
(b) A character sketch of an acquaintance.
3. Paraphrase the following lines, so as to bring out their full
meaning:—
Youth repairs
His wasted spirits quickly, by long toil
Incurring short fatigue ; and though our years,
As life declines, speed rapidly away,
And not a year but pilfers as he goes
Some youthful grace that age would gladly keep,
The elastic spring of an unwearied foot,
15. That mounts the style with ease, or leaps the fence,
That play of lungs, inhaling and again
Respiring freely the fresh air, that makes
Swift pace or steep ascent no toil to me,
Mine have not pilfered yet; nor yet impaired
My relish of fair prospect: scenes that soothed
Or charmed me young, no longer young, I find
Still soothing and of power to charm me still.
4. Parse the six words italicised in the above passage.
Name and describe the metre in which the above passage is
20 written, and mention any two English poems written in this
metre.