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5. Five feef, or Pentameter (Vl'l'Y uncommon) ; as­
In the I dark, and I gloomy I valley,
Satyrs, I by the I brooklet, Iloye to I d,tlly.
6. 8;); jeet, or IJewm.;t€1' ; as-
On a I mountaIn, I stretche,1 be , neath it , h,,;-u'y I willolV,
Lay ii. I shepherd, Bwain, and, viewed the I rolling I l,m',\V,
1094. Each of these may take an nclditionnl long syllable, and so become
hYl'ercatalectic, 01' h!lpennetcr; tllu'l-
1. Tumult I cease,
SInk til I p~~~ce.
2. In the I days of I old,
Fables l,laiuly, told.
3. T:csth,,;, I m(ll'tal~ , toil for Inuught,
Bliss in I vain from' earth is I sought.
4. Idle I after I dinner, , in his I chair,
Sat a I farmer, , rurIdy, I fnt, amI I fail'.
U. Hail to I thee, blithe I spirit! , hird thou I never' /l'at,
That from I hean;l1, or I near it, I pourest I thy full I 1"'«1'1.
6. l'ight and I mornin!?, , were nt I meeting, , (,WI' I Water /100,
('ul:ko hadlsung theirlearliestlgreetinglfaillt audllow they:cncw.
1095. In the la-t two form~, each line is usually di,·ided into two, thus-
5. Hail to I thee, hlithe I spirit!
Bird thou I neyer' wert.
G. ~ight and I morning' were at , medillg,
lh'Cl' I 'Yater /100.
1096. Trochaic \'dse, with an additional long syllable n.t the cud, is
the saUle u, IamLic verse, wanting a short syllnble at the beg-inning.
AN.\P.E:3T1U YEflSE.
1097. A7lopwstic YerEe, cr,nsi,t, chidly of allllji".,/." and, when pmc,
hn.s the ncceut on c,'cry third syllable. It Ii." different metre,. r,s fullows
:-
1. One joot, or Jlo/l.omeia, as­
But too far,
Each proud star.
2. Ttro feci, or dimeter ; as­
Biit hls coil I rage 'gan fiil,
01' no arts I could avail.