He loosed the rein, his slack hand fell; upon the silent face
He cast one long, deep, mournful

and fled from that sad

His after fate no more was heard, amid the martial

His banner led the spears no more among the h―s of Spain!

SHALL AND WILL.

(1) The leading distinction between shall and will, and between their past tenses, should and would, arises from the necessity or obligation, or from the free will or resolution which they imply.

SHALL and SHOULD generally impose duty or constraint; WILL and WOULD, choice or volition.*

(2) Shall, in the first person, only foretells; as-I shall go shall, in the second and third persons, pro

*We do not say, "Will your servant go to town to-day," as the act depends not upon the will of the servant, but upon that of the master; but in this and similar cases, we use the verb shall. We do not use the term shall in speaking to a servant or inferior of his master or superior, nor can the former use that term in reply to any of our interrogatories:

Will your master visit us to-day? I think he will.

Will you come to school to-morrow? I will.

Shall your servant go to town? He shall.

Shall the tradesmen do this work for me? They shall.