Though I really can't say that he actually cried, As much as can well be expected, perhaps, What he 'd got in his head, 'T would have been "Poor old Buffer! he's certainly dead!' No watch dog "bay'd a welcome home," as A watch dog should, to the "Good Sir Thomas;" His approach to tell, Not so much as a runaway ring at the bell- Yet the Sun shone bright upon tower and tree, "And thus 't will be,- -nor long the day, - The Tree, whose bending branches bear The one loved name-shall yet be there; But where the hand that carved it? - Where?" These were hinted to me as The very ideas Which passed through the mind of the fair Lady Jane. Of course at her side, Who could not look quite so forlorn, though he tried. That if "poor dear Sir Thomas" should really be dead, A lady slim and tall, To set himself down in comfort there The Lord of Tapton* Hall.. Half over Kent, And nobody knows how much money 's been spent, The familiar abbreviation for Tappington Everard still in use among the tenant 7 - Vide Prefatory Introduction to the Ingoldsby Legends. The groom, who 's been over To Folkstone ard Dover, Can't get any tidings at all of the rover. Here's a fortnight and more has gone by, and we've tried Stolen or strayed, A GENTLEMAN; middle-aged, sober, and staid; - And a hat rather lower-crown'd, and broad in the brim, Shall bear Or send him, with care, (Right side uppermost) home; -- or shall give notice where The said middle-aged Gentleman is; -or shall state Any fact that may tend to throw light on his fate, To the man at the turnpike called TAPPINGTON-GATE, -or he's drown'd! No-doubtless he 's shot-or he's hang'd- But, what will folks say? To address her at once-at so early a day? Well-what then?-who cares? - let 'em say what they may - As Captain M'Bride did, And once fully made up his mind on the matter, he He began on the instant, and vow'd that "her eyes Far exceeded in brilliance the stars in the skies, That her lips were like roses — - her cheeks were like lilies- With a thousand more compliments equally true, Round her jimp, taper waist Ere she fix'd to repulse, or return his embrace, Crying out-'T was the Gardener-"Oh, ma'm! we've found master!!" "Where? where ?" scream'd the lady; and Echo scream'd "Where?" The man couldn't say "There!" He had no breath to spare, But, gasping for air, he could only respond By pointing he pointed, alas!-TO THE POND! -T was e'en so!-poor dear Knight!- with his 'specs" and his hat He'd gone poking his nose into this and that; When, close to the side Of the bank, he espied An "uncommon fine" tadpole, remarkably fat; He stooped; Got hold of her tail, When and he thought her he had caught her! and to land almost brought her, he plump'd head and heels into fifteen feet water! The Lady Jane was tall and slim, The Lady Jane was fair Alas, for Sir Thomas! she grieved for him, As she saw two serving-men, sturdy of limb, His body between them bear. She sobbed, and she sighed; she lamented, and cried, She swooned, and I think she'd have fallen down and died Had not been by her side, With the Gardener; they both their assistance supplied, But, when she "comes to," It looked so odd- he Was half eaten up by the eels! His waistcoat and hose, and the rest of his clothes, And out of each shoe An eel they drew, And from each of his pockets they pulled out two! For, when he came running to give the alarm, And, ere morning came, that winsome dame Had made up her mind-or, what's much the same, To Thompson, the valet, while taking away, "Eels a many I've ate; but any So good ne'er tasted before! For some account of Father John Ingoldsby, to whose papers I am so much ➤ holden, see Ingoldsby's Legends, first series, p. 216, (2d Edit. This was th Boclesiastical act of his long and valuable life. A They 're a fish, too, of which I'm remarkably fond. - Poor dear!'-HE'LL CATCH US SOME MORE!!" MORAL. All middle-aged gentlemen let me advise, If you 're married, and have not got very good eyes, If you 've spectacles, don't have a tortoiseshell rim, Married ladies, especially such as are fair, Tall, and slim, I would next recommend to beware, As good in the river as ever came out on 't!" Should they light on a spouse who is given to roaming In solitude-raison de plus, in the "gloaming," Let them have a fixed time for said spouse to come home in If of husband or children they chance to be fond, Then-Crede experto-trust one who has tried, Have them spitch-cock'd, or stewed - they're too oily when frie LXXVI. EPITHETS. The rules of rhyme have now been presented, together with a full vocabulary, by which the appropriate rhyme to any word may be found. The use of appropriate epithets by which animated descriptions may be given, or the measure of the verse filled out, comes now to be considered. * An epithet is an adjective, expressing some real quality of the subject to which it is applied, or an attributive, expressing some quality ascribed to it; as a verdant lawn, a brilliant ap pearance, a just man, an accurate description. See page 166, under Description, for some remarks and suggestions with regard to epithets. Epithets are of two kinds, simple and compound. Simple epithets are single words, as, joyous youth, decrepit age, thoughtless infancy. Compound epithets consist of compound words, and are frequently composed of nouns and other parts of speech, in connexion with adjectives, participles, &c., as, The meek-eyed morn, Tear-dropping April, The laughter-loving goddess, The dew-dropping morn, In world-rejoicing state it moves along, &c. The judicious application of epithets constitutes one of the greatest beauties of composition; and in poetry, especially, the melody of the verse, and the animation of the style is, in great measure, dependent upon it. Figurative language (see page 111) presents a wide and extensive field for the supply of rich and expressive epithets; and the poet is indulged, by his peculiar license, in the formation of new and original compound epithets. (See page 166.) Alliteration, also, (see page 151) if not profusely applied, and expressions in which the sound is adapted to the sense, when introduced with simple or compound epithets, contribute in a good degree to the beauty and harmony of verse. The following couplet, from Goldsmith's Deserted Village, presents an exemplification of this remark: "The white-washed wall, the nicely-sanded floor, The varnished clock that clicked behind the door." Example. [See Onomatopaia.] The word anger is suggested for the application of epithets, and the following terms will be found respectively applicable to it: Violent, impetuous, threatening, menacing, unbridled, untamed, mistaking, boiling, swelling, frantic, raging, flaming, burning, passionate, roaring, secret, waspish, impatient, red-looking, red-glaring, inflaming, bloody, blood-spilling, incensed, stormy, scarlet, blood-dyed, moody, choleric, wrathful, revengeful, vengeful, chafing, foaming, hot-headed, heating, sparkling, rash, blind, heady, head-strong, disordered, stern-visaged, giddy, flame-eyed, ghostly, distempered, transporting, tempestuous, blustering, fierce cruel. truculent. overseeing, frothy, implacable, pettish, bitter, rough, wild, stubborn, unruly, litigious, austere, dreadful, peace-destroying joy-killing, soul-troubling, blasting, death-dealing, fury-kindled, mortal hellish, heaven-rejected. Example 2d. FOUNTAIN. Chrystal, gushing, rustling, silver, gently-gliding, parting, pearly, weep ing, bubbling. gurgling, chiding, clear, grass-fringed, moss-fringed, pebblepaved verdant, sacred grass-margined, moss-margined, trickling, soft |