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Measure 4th.-Iambic of Five Feet, or Pentameter. "For praise too dearly lov'd or warm-ly sought, Enfee-bles all inter|-nal strength | of thought." "With sōl-emn ad-oral-tion down | they cast

Their crowns inwove | with am-arant | and gold." OBS. 1.-This is the regular English heroic. It is, perhaps, the only meas are suitable for blank verse.

OBS. 2.-The Elegiac Stanza consists of four heroics rhyming alternately

"Enough has Heav'n | indulg'd | of joy | below,

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To tempt our tar-riance in this lov'd retreat;
Enough has Heav'n | ordain'd of use-ful wo,
To make us lang|-uish for | a hapl-pier seat."

Measure 5th.-Iambic of Four Feet, or Tetrameter.

"The joys ǎbōve | ǎre un-derstood
And rel-ish'd only by | the good."

Measure 6th.-Iambic of Three Feet, or Trimeter.
"Blue light-nings singe | the waves,
And thun-der rends | the rock."

Measure 7th.-Iambic of Two Feet, or Dimeter.
"Their love | ănd awe
Supply the law."

Measure 8th.-Iambic of One Foot, or Monometer.

"How bright,

The light!"

OBS. 1.-Lines of fewer than seven syllables are seldom found, except in connexion with longer verses.

OBS. 2.-In iambic verse, the first foot is often varied, by introducing a trochee; as,

"Planets and suns | run law-less through | the sky." OBS. 3.-By a synæresis of the two short syllables, or perhaps by mere substitution, an anapest may sometimes be employed for an iambus; or a dactyl, for a trochee: as,

"O'er man-y a frol-zen, man-y a fi\-ery Alp.”

ORDER II.-TROCHAIC VE

ERSE.

In Trochaic verse, the stress is laid on the odd syllables, and the even ones are short. Single-rhymed trochaic omits the final short syllable, that it may end with a long one. This kind of verse is the same as iambic would be without the initial short syllable. Iambics and trochaics often occur in the same poem.

Measure 1st.--Trochaic of Eight Feet, or Octometer. "Once up-on a | midnight | dreary, | while I | pondered, | weak and weary,

Over many a quaint and | cūrīõus | volume | of for| -gotten | lore,

While I nodded, | nearly | napping, | sudden -ly there | came a tapping,

As of some one gently | rapping, | rapping | at my |

chamber door."

Measure 2d.-Trochaic of Seven Feet, or Heptameter. "Hasten, Lord, to | rescue | me, and | set me | safe from trouble;

Shame thou those who | seek my | soul, re-ward their | mischief double."

Single Rhyme.

"Night and morning | were at | meeting | over | Water -loo;

Cocks had sung their | earliest | greeting; | faint and | low they crew."

Measure 3d.--Trochaic of Six Feet, or Hexameter.

* On ǎ mountǎin | stretch'd be -neath ǎ | hōary | willow, Lay a shepherd | swain, and | view'd the | rolling | billow* Single Rhyme.

"Lonely in the forest, | subtle | from his | birth, Lived a necro-mancer, | wondrous | son of earth." Measure 4th.-Trochaic of Five Feet, or Pentameter. "Virtue's | bright'ning | rãy shåll | bēam för | ĕvěr.” Single Rhyme.

"Idlě | after dinner, | in his | chāir,
Sat a farmer, | ruddy, | fat, and | fair."

Measure 5th.--Trochaic of Four Feet, or Tetrameter.
"Round ǎ hōly | calm dif-fusing,
Love of peace and | lonely | musing."
Single Rhyme.

"Restless | mōrtals | tōil för | naught,
Bliss in vain from | earth is | sought."

Measure 6th.-Trochaic of Three Feet, or Trimeter.
"When our | hearts ǎre | mõurning.”
Single Rhyme.

"In the days of | ōld,

Stories | plainly | told."

Measure 7th.-Trochaic of Two Feet, or Dimeter.

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Single Rhyme. "Tumult cease, Sink to peace."

Measure 8th.-Trochaic of One Foot, or Monometer.

"Changing,
Ranging."

ORDER III.-ANAPESTIC VERSE.

In Anapestic verse the stress is laid on every third syllable The first foot of an anapestic line, may be an iambus. Measure 1st.-Anapestic of Four Feet, or Tetrameter. "At the close of the day, when the ham-let is still And mortals the sweets of forget-fulness prove."

Hypermeter with Double Rhyme.

"In a word, so complete-ly forestall'd | were the wish-es, Even har-mony struck | from the noise | of the dish-es."

Hypermeter with Triple Rhyme.

"Lean Tom, when I saw | him, last week, | on his horse |

awry,

Threaten'd loud-ly to turn | me to stone | with his sor|-cery.”
Measure 2d.-Anapestic of Three Feet, or Trimeter.
"I am mōn-arch of all | I sŭrvēy;
My right there is none | to dispute."

Measure 3d.-Anapestic of Two Feet, or Dimeter.
"When I look | on my bōys,
They renew all my joys."

Measure 4th.--Anapestic of One Foot, or Monometer.
"On the land

Let me stand."

ORDER IV.-DACTYLIC VERSE.

In pure Dactylic verse, the stress is laid on the first syllable of each successive three; that is, on the first, the fourth, the seventh, the tenth syllable, &c. Full dactylic generally forms triple rhyme. When one of the final short syllables is omitted, the rhyme is double; when both, single. Dactylic with single rhyme is the same as anapesti would be without its initial short syllables. Dactylic measure is rather uncommon; and, when employed, is seldom perfectly regular.

Measure 1st.--Dactylic of Eight Feet, or Octometer. "Nimrod the hunter was | mighty in | hunting, and famed

ǎs the ruler of cities of yōre;

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Babel, and Erech, and | Accad, and | Calneh, from | Shinar's fair | region his | name afar | bore."

Measure 2d.--Dactylic of Seven Feet, or Heptameter. "Out of the kingdom of Christ shall be gathered, by | angels o'er | Satan victorious,

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All that offendeth, that | lieth, that | faileth to | honour his | name ever | glorious."

Measure 3d.--Dactylic of Six Feet, or Hexameter.

Time, thou art | ever in | motion, on | wheels of the | days, years, and ages;

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Restless as waves of the | ocean, when | Eurus or | Boreas rages."

Example without Rhyme.

"This is the forest pri-meval; but where are the hearts that be-neath it

Leap'd like the | roe, when he hears in the woodland the voice of the huntsman ?"

Measure 4th.-Dactylic of Five Feet, or Pentameter. "Now thou dost | welcome me, | welcome me, | from the dark sea,

Land of the beautiful, | beautiful, | land of the | free."

Measure 5th.-Dactylic of Four Feet, or Tetrameter. "Bōys will ǎnticipăte, | lavish, ănd | dissipăte

All that your būsă păte | hōarded with | care;
And, in their | foolishness, | passion, and | mulishness,
Charge you with | churlishness, | spurning your | pray'r."
Measure 6th.-Dactylic of Three Feet, or Trimeter.
"Evěr sing | merrily, | mērrily.”

Measure 7th.-Dactylic of Two Feet, or Dimeter.
“Free from să tiěty,

Care, and anxiety,
Charms in variety,

Fall to his share."

Measure 8th.-Dactylic of One Foot, or Monometer.

"Fearfully,
Tearfully."

CHAPTER V.-ORAL EXERCISES.

EXAMPLES FOR PARSING.

PRAXIS VIII.-PROSODICAL.

In the Eighth Praxis, are exemplified the several Figures of Orthography, of Etymology, of Syntax, and of Rhetoric, which the parser may name and define; and by it the pupil may also be exercised in relation to the principles of Punctuation, Utterance, and Versification.

LESSON I.-FIGURES OF ORTHOGRAPHY.

MIMESIS AND ARCHAISM.

"Fery goot: I will make a prief of it in my note-book; and we will afterwards 'ork upon the cause with as great discreetly as we can."-Shak.

"Vat is you sing? I do not like dese toys. Pray you, go and vetch me in my closet un boitier verd; a box, a green-a box. Do intend vat I speak? a green-a box.”—Id.

"I ax'd you what you had to sell. I am fitting out a wessel for Wenice, loading her with warious keinds of provisions, and wittualling her for a long woyage; and I want several undred weight of weal, wenison, &c., with plenty of inyons and winegar, for the preservation of ealth."-Columbian Orator, p. 292.

"None [else are] so desperately evill, as they that may bee good and will not: or have beene good and are not."- -Rev. John Rogers, 1620. "A Carpenter finds his work as hee left it, but a Minister shall find his sett back. You need preach continually."-Id.

"Here whilom ligg'd th' Esopus of his age,

But call'd by Fame, in soul ypricked deep."-Thomson. "It was a fountain of Nepenthe rare,

Whence, as Dan Homer sings, huge pleasaunce grew.”—Id,

LESSON II.-FIGURES OF ETYMOLOGY.

APHÆRESIS, PROSTHESIS, SYNCOPE, APOCOPE, PARAGOGE, DIÆRESIS, SYNÆRESIS, AND TMESIS.

Bend 'gainst the steepy hill thy breast,

Burst down like torrent from its crest."-Scott.
'Tis mine to teach th' inactive hand to reap

Kind nature's bounties, o'er the globe diffus'd.-Dyer.
Alas! alas! how impotently true

Th' aërial pencil forms the scene anew.- -Cawthorne.

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