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232 ENGLISH GRAMMAR.
3. Threefeet, or Trimf'lrr; aso
ye woods! , spread your branch , es apace,
To your deep I est recess' es I fly,
I would hide, with the beasts' of the chase,
I would yau I i~h from ev , ery eye.
4. Four fret, or Tdramell'l'; as-
May I gov I ern my pass, ions wIth iib , soliite sway,
And grow wis , er and bet' ter as life, wears away.
1098. Of these. the first is ambiguous, for by placing an accent on the
first syllable, it becomes a trochaic monometer hypermfter.
1099. The ucond 80metimes admits an additional short Ayllable at the
end; M-
On the road I by the val, ley,
As he wand I ered lament 'lng ;
To the green I of the for I est,
He returned, him repentlng.
1100. The tltird is a very pleasing' measure, and is much u'erl in both
s"lemn and cheerful Buhj£ctB, but it seldom takes an additional "yllable.
1101. The four/It, or tetmmcier, admit, an additional syllahle, which
oftell has a pleasing effect j as-
On the warm I check of youth I smiles and rOB I es are blend ling.
DACTYLIC VERSE.
1102. Dactylic ,erse cOllsists chiefly of dactyls, and has the following
varieties ;-
1. One f""I, or monomeler ; as­
Fearfully,
Tearfully.
2. Twofeet,'or:dimrtcr; as­
Free from sa I W;ty,
Care and anx I iety,
Charms in va riety
Fall to his , sha re.
3. Three fect, or fI'imeter ; as-
WearIng a , way ln h'ls , yuuthfUlness,
Loveliness, I beauty, and I truthfulness.
1103. Each of the~e sometimes takes an aU.ditionallong syl1ahle, and so
becomes liypermtter; 8S-
1. Over a I mead,
PrickIng hIs' steed.
2. Covered with, snow was the , vale,
Sad was the I shriek of the I gale,
When to the , night, woful I wail
Rose to the I skies-to the , skies!