Now lock up and bolt. Ha, jailer! look there!

A fugitive slave is here supposed to be discovered at a little distance from the jail, in the act of running away from confinement. The speaker should have predetermined the direction of this flight, and should have so arranged in his mind the points of the compass as to give ample and convenient space for the actions which are to follow. The jailer is conceived of as being at the prison, and his situation attracts for an instant the mind, the eye, and the hand, at the moment of the call to him; but these are immediately fixed again upon the fugitive.

Who flies like a wild bird escaped from the snare?

This line requires the gesture imitating and following the motion, as indicated in Fig. 7. The eye, the arm, the hand, and the finger slowly move, the finger moving in a curve, to keep pace with the runaway, both eye and hand being intently directed to her. The motion may be conceived as coming

from the speaker's right, and approaching a point at some distance in front.

A woman! a slave! Up! out in pursuit,

Sudden surprise raises the hands and opens them, as if to be in readiness to act. It also raises the brows, and opens

the eyes and mouth. A forcible wave of the hand on the word out may direct attention to the open field which the slave is traversing. This gesture combines place and emphasis.

While linger some gleams of the day;

On the words linger some gleams a momentary glance at the western horizon or around the field might not be inappropriate; but it seems hardly necessary.

Ho! rally thy hunters with halloo and shout,

To chase down the game,

- and away!

A hurried sweep of the hand, so as to include in imagination the points where the hunters are, the hand moving in its

sweep around (or returning) so as to finally rest upon the place where the fugitive is supposed to be running, may be fitting, though not important.

A bold race for freedom! On, fugitive, on!

No gesture of the hand is needed in the first half of this line; but the eye should be very intently fixed on the moving object, and the face should be a little elevated for boldness.

At the words On, fugitive, on! the hand may make an outward sweep from a position in front of the breast to the direction in which the speaker would urge the fugitive to flee. Heaven help but the right, and thy freedom is won.

At the word heaven an instantaneous upward glance, the eye descending to the fugitive at the words is won. (Fig. 30.)

How eager she drinks the free air of the plains!

Every limb, every nerve, every fiber, she strains.

No gesture of location is necessary here, but the glance is riveted on her.

From Columbia's glorious Capitol

Columbia's daughter flees

Here the hand should be extended at the word Capitol towards the point where the national Capitol is for the instant imagined to stand. Before the hand is dropped, the face, having been turned for a moment towards the Capitol, reverts to the fugitive.

To the sanctuary God hath given,

The right hand having been used to locate the Capitol, the left hand will naturally be extended towards the sanctuary, or the right hand may be carried across the body towards it. (Fig. 32.) The face turns to the same point, and on the word God the eye glances instantaneously to heaven.

The sheltering forest-trees.

The hand may still remain pointing towards the refuge of forest-trees, while the speaker is pronouncing the last line; and after the glance towards the zenith on the word God, the face and eyes are turned in the same direction as the hand.

Now she treads the long bridge, - joy lighteth her eye!

In the utterance of this line the gaze should be earnestly fixed upon the moving object, the finger pointing it out, the finger, the face, and the eyes turning very slowly to keep pace with its motion.

Beyond her the dense wood and the darkening sky:

At the word beyond the look is directed to the forest; and instantly, after the utterance of the word wood, the face and eyes are slightly raised to behold the darkening sky.

Wild hopes thrill her breast as she neareth the shore :

As soon as the word sky is uttered, the glance reverts as quickly as possible to the fugitive.

Oh, despair!

there are men fast advancing before!

Just before the word oh, the eye and the face move a little to catch a glimpse of the men advancing in front of the fugitive. By an abrupt gesture the hand may point these men out. The attitude may indicate despair. (Fig. 34.)