My early visitation, and my last

At even, which I bred up with tender hand
From the first opening bud, and gave ye names,
Who now shall rear ye to the sun, or rank
Your tribes, and water from the ambrosial fount !
Thee lastly, nuptial bower, by me adorn'd
With what to sight or smell was sweet, from thee
How shall I part, and whither wander down

Into a lower world, to this obscure

And wild? How shall we breathe in other air

Less pure, accustom'd to immortal fruits ?"-MILTON.

Formula x a × 5 +.

In the following extract the accented lines are composed of five Iambics and an additional syllable.

"Day-stars', / that ope' / your eyes' with morn' / to twink'/le,

From rainbow gal'axies' of earth's' crea'tion,

And dew'-drops o'er her love'ly al'tars sprink'le

"To that cathedral, boundless as our wonder,

Whose quenchless lamps the sun and moon supply;

Whose choirs the winds and waves; whose organ, thunder;

Whose dome the sky!"-HORACE SMITH.

SECTION DCXL.-IAMBIC HEXAMETER.

Formula xa x 6.

In this measure there are six Iambics. It is usually called the Alexandrine. The last line of the Spenserian stanza is of this character.

"When Phoe'/bus lifts' / his head' / out of' / the win'/ter's wave',

No sooner doth the earth her flow'ry bosom brave,

At such time as the year brings on the pleasant spring,

But hunts-up to the morn the feather'd sylvans sing;
And in the lower grove, as on the rising knoll,

Upon the highest spray of ev'ry mounting pole,
Those quiristers are perch'd with many a speckled breast:
Then from her burnish'd gate the goodly glittering East
Gilds every lofty top, which late the humorous Night
Bespangled had with pearl, to please the Morning's sight;
On which the mirthful quires, with their clear open throats,

Unto the joyful morn so strain their warbling notes

That hills and valleys ring, and even the echoing air

Seems all composed of sounds about them everywhere."-DRAYTON.

SECTION DCXLI.IAMBIC HEPTAMETER.

Formula x ax 7.

In the following extract the lines are composed of seven Iambics.
"She sits' / beneath' / the el'/der shade' / in that' / long mor'/tal swoon',
And piteously on her wan cheek looks down the gentle moon;
And when her senses are restored, whom sees she at her side
But her, believed in childhood to have wander'd off and died!
"In these small hands, so lily-white, is water from the spring,
And a grateful coolness drops as from an angel's wing;
And to her mother's pale lips her rosy lips are laid,
While these long, soft eye-lashes drop tears on her hoary head.
"She stirs not in her child's embrace, but yields her old gray hairs
Unto the heavenly dew of tears, the heavenly breath of pray'r;
No voice hath she to bless her child till that strong fit go by,
But gazeth on the long-lost face, and then upon the sky.
"The Sabbath morn was beautiful, and the long Sabbath day;
The ev'ning star rose beautiful when daylight died away;
Morn, day, and twilight, this lone glen flow'd over with delight,
But the fulness of all mortal joy hath bless'd the Sabbath night!"

Formula x a × 7+.

WILSON.

In this extract there are seven Iambics and an additional syllable.

"Had El'/len lost' / her mirth'? / Oh no! / but she' / was sel'/dom cheer'/ful;
And Edward look'd as if he thought that Ellen's mirth was fearful:

So gentle Ellen now no more could make this sad house cheery;

And Mary's melancholy ways drove Edward wild and weary." COLERIDGE.

TROCHAIC MEASURES.

SECTION DCXLII.-TROCHAIC MONOMETER.

Formula a x.

In the following extract the accented lines are composed of a single Trochee.

"From walk to walk, from shade to shade;

From stream to purling stream convey'd,

Through all the mazes of the grove,

Through all the mingling tracks I rove,

Turn'ing,

Burn'ing;

Chang'ing,

Rang'ing;

Full of grief and full of love!"—ADDISON.

Formula a x +.

In this extract there is in the accented lines one Trochee, with an

additional syllable.

SECTION DCXLIII.-TROCHAIC DIMETER.

Formula a x x 2.

In the following extract the accented lines consist of two Trochees. "On a bank, beside a willow,

Heaven her covering, earth her pillow,

Sad Aminta sigh'd alone;

From the cheerless dawn of morning,
Till the dews of night returning,
Sighing thus she made her moan:
Hope' is ban'ish'd,

Joys' are van'ish'd;

In this extract there are in the accented lines two Trochees and an additional syllable.

"All' that's/bright' must / fade:

The brightest still the fleetest;
All' that's bright' must fade,
But to be lost when sweetest.
Stars' that shine' and fall,

The flower that drops in springing;
These, alas! are types of all

To which our hearts are clinging.

All that's bright must fade:

The brightest still the fleetest;

All that's sweet was made

But to be lost when sweetest!"-MOORE

SECTION DCXLIV.-TROCHAIC TRIMETER,

In the following extract the accented lines are composed of three Trochees.

In each of these lines there are three Trocher

syllable.

"Un'der/neath' this / m

Lies' the sub'ject of'

Sidney's sister, Pe
Death, ere thou

Learn'd', and f

Time' shall t

SECTION DCXLV.-TROCHAIC TETRAMETER.

Formula a x x 4.

The accented lines are composed of four Trochees.
"Then' her/coun'te/nance' all/ov'er
Pale again as death did prove;
But' he clasp'd' her like' a lov'er,

And he cheer'd her soul with love.
So' she strove against' her weak'ness,
Though at times her spirit sank;
Shaped' her heart' with wom'an's meek'ness
To all duties of her rank.

"And' a gen'tle con'sort made' he;

And her gentle mind was such
That' she grew a no'ble la'dy,
And the people loved her much.
But' a troub'le weigh'd' upon' her,

And perplex'd her night and morn,

With' the bur'den of' an honour

Unto which she was not born."-TENNYSON.

Formula a x × 4+.

The accented lines consist of four Trochees and an additional syllable.

"Turn thee, fond mother!

From thy dead, oh turn!
Linger not, young brother,

Here to dream and mourn.

On'ly/kneel' once / more' a/round' the / sod,

Kneel', and bow' submit'ted hearts' to God!"—Mrs. HEMANS.

SECTION DCXLVI.-TROCHAIC PENTAMETER.
Formula a x x 5.

The accented lines consist of five Trochees.

"Then methought I heard a hollow sound
Gathering up from all the lower ground,
Nar'rowing/in'to / where' they/sat' as/sem'bled,
Low', voluptuous / mu'sic / wind'ing / trem'bled,
Woven in circles. They that heard it sigh'd,
Panted hand-in-hand, with faces pale,
Swung themselves, and in low tones replied;
Till the fountain spouted, showering wide
Sleet of diamond-drift and pearly hail:

Then the music touch'd the gates, and died!"-TENNYSON.

SECTION DCXLVII.-TROCHAIC HEXAMETER.

Formula a x × 6.

The following lines are composed of six Trochees.

"On' a/mount'ain, / stretch'd' be/neath' a / hoa'ry / wil'low,
Lay' a shepherd swain', and view'd' the roll'ing bil'low."

SECTION DCXLVIII.-TROCHAIC HEPTAMETER.

Formula a x x 7+.

"Here' a/bout' the /beach' I/ wan'der'd, / nour'ish/ing' a / youth' sublime
With the fairy tales of science, and the long results of time;

When the centuries behind me like a fruitful land reposed;

When I clung to all the Present for the promise that it closed;

When I dipp'd into the Future far as human eye could see,
Saw the vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be:
In the spring a feeble crimson comes upon the robin's breast;
In the spring the wanton lapwing gets himself another nest:
In the spring a livelier iris changes on the banish'd dove;

In the spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love:
Then her cheek was pale and thinner than should be for one so young,
And her eyes on all my motions with a mute observance hung.

And I said, My cousin Amy, speak, and speak the truth to me;

Trust me, cousin, all the current of my being sets to thee!"—TENNYSON.

ANAPESTIC MEASURES.

SECTION DCXLIX.-ANAPESTIC MONOMETER.
Formula x x a.

Each of the following lines consists of a single Anapest.

"In a sweet'

Resonance'

All their feet'

In the dance'
All the night'
Tinkled light'."

SECTION DCL.-ANAPESTIC DIMETER.

Formula x x a x 2.

Each of the following lines is composed of two Anapests.

In the following lines there are two Anapests and an additional syllable.

"He is gone' / on the mountain,

He is lost' to the forest,
Like a summer-dried fountain,
When our need was the sorest:

Like the dew on the mountain,

Like the foam on the river;

Like the bubble on the fountain,

Thou art gone, and for ever!"-SCOTT.

SECTION DCLI. ANAPESTIC TRIMETER.

Formula x x α x 3.

In the following accented lines there are three Anapests.

"Oh ye woods' / spread your branch'/es apace';

To your deepest recesses I fly;

I would hide' with the beasts' of the chase';

I would vanish from every eye!

Yet my reed shall resound through the grove
With the same sad complaint it begun;
How she smiled, and I could not but love:

Was faithless, and I am undone !"-SHENSTONE.

SECTION DCLII.-ANAPESTIC TETRAMETER.
Formula x x α × 4.

In the following lines there are four Anapests.

"Through the depths' / of Loch Kat'/rine the steed' / shall career';
O'er the Peak' of Ben Lo'mond the gal'ley shall steer';