Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow :My days

1.	Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow :My days among the Dead are past;Around me I behold,Where’er these casual eyes are cast,The mighty minds of old :My never-failing friends are they,With whom I converse day by day.With them I take delight in wealAnd seek relief in woe;And while I understand and feelHow much to them I owe,My cheeks have often been bedew’d With tears of thoughtful gratitude.My thoughts are with the Dead; with themI live in long-past years,Their virtues love, their faults condemn,Partake their hopes and fears,And from their lessons seek and findInstruction with an humble mind.[Today’s students should learn a lesson that they must study hard for success in life. They should love their books.]1. Who are the never failing friends of a scholar?2. From where does the poet get delight and relief in woe ?3. What happens to the poet when he understands the books of the great writers ?4. Who are the mighty minds of old ?5. Write the word from the poem which means ‘hate’.
Answer» 1. Books written by great authors are the never failing friends of a scholar. 2. The poet gets delight and relief in woe from the books written by great old masters. 3. The poet’s cheeks get wet with tears of gratefulness when he reads and understands the books of the great writers. 4. The mighty minds of old are the great writers who are not living now. 5. The word ‘condemn’ means hate.

Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow :My days among the Dead are past;Around me I behold,Where’er these casual eyes are cast,The mighty minds of old :My never-failing friends are they,With whom I converse day by day.With them I take delight in wealAnd seek relief in woe;And while I understand and feelHow much to them I owe,My cheeks have often been bedew’d With tears of thoughtful gratitude.My thoughts are with the Dead; with themI live in long-past years,Their virtues love, their faults condemn,Partake their hopes and fears,And from their lessons seek and findInstruction with an humble mind.[Today’s students should learn a lesson that they must study hard for success in life. They should love their books.]1. Who are the never failing friends of a scholar?2. From where does the poet get delight and relief in woe ?3. What happens to the poet when he understands the books of the great writers ?4. Who are the mighty minds of old ?5. Write the word from the poem which means ‘hate’.

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1. Books written by great authors are the never failing friends of a scholar.

2. The poet gets delight and relief in woe from the books written by great old masters.

3. The poet’s cheeks get wet with tears of gratefulness when he reads and understands the books of the great writers.