Read the selection and choose the best answer to each
question.
The Nightingale and the Glow-worm
by William Cowper
andemsp;andemsp;A nightingale, that all day long
andemsp;andemsp;Had cheered the village with his song,
andemsp;andemsp;Nor yet at sunset his note suspended1,
andemsp;andemsp;Nor yet when evening was ended,
(5) andensp;Began to feel, as well he might,
andemsp;andemsp;The strong demands of appetite;
andemsp;andemsp;When, looking eagerly around,
andemsp;andemsp;He spied far off, upon the ground,
andemsp;andemsp;A something shining in the dark,
(10) And knew the glow-worm by his spark;
andemsp;andemsp;So, stooping down from hawthorn2 top,
andemsp;andemsp;He thought to put him in his crop3
andemsp;andemsp;The worm, aware of his intent,
andemsp;andemsp;Scolded him thus, right eloquent4:
(15) "Did you admire my lamp," said he,
andemsp;andemsp;"As much as I your minstrelsy5,
andemsp;andemsp;You would hate to do me wrong,
andemsp;andemsp;As much as I to spoil your song;
andemsp;andemsp;For it was the very same power divine6,
(20) That taught you to sing and me to shine;
andemsp;andemsp;That you with music, I with light,
andemsp;andemsp;Might beautify and cheer the night."
andemsp;andemsp;The songster heard his short oration7,
andemsp;andemsp;And singing out his approbation8,
(25) Released him, as my story tells,
andemsp;andemsp;And found a supper somewhere else.
1 suspended: stopped
2 hawthorn: a kind of tree
3 crop: pouch in a bird's throat that holds food
4 eloquent: beautiful speech
5 minstrelsy: singing
6 divine: heavenly
7 oration: speech
8 approbation: approval