Key to practical English prosody and versification
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1816 Excerpt: ...574 o Wisdom! y thy soft contioul Can sootffthe sickn&s of the soul, Can bid the waning passions cease, And breathe the calm of tender peace, Wisdom! I bless thy gentle sway, And ever, ever will obey. 575 Soft flow the hours, whene'er we meet; And conscious htue is our treat. Our harmless breasts no envy know; And hence we fear no secret foe. Our walks ambition ne'er attends; And hence we ask no pow'rful friends. Ten-syllable Iambics, with the omitted Epithets supplied. 576 What dire offence from am'rous causes springs; What mighty contests rise from tri--ri8/ things.... 577 Say, what strange motive, goddess, could impel A well-bred lord t' assault a gentle belle? 578.--The hunted Stag. So fast he flies, that his reviewing eye Has lost the chasers, and his ear the cry. 579 I claim supe-l-rior U-l-neage by my sire, Who warm'd th' unthinking clod with heav'nly fire. 580.--The Mariner. His labors cease ri&t with declining day; But toils and perils mark his nightly way. 581 Now mem'ty wakes me' to the sad review Of joys that fadZd tike the morning dew. 582 as the' grave Muse awakes the warbling strings, The Graces round you dance in airy rings. 583 In anguish worn, the joyless years lag slow, And these proud conqu'rors mock their captives' woe. 584 A happy offspring bless'd his plen--feoj/s board; His fields were fruitful, and his barns well stor'd. 585 There, rearm with toil, his panting horses browse Their shelt'ring canopy of pendent boughs. 586 Him stagg'ring so when hell's dire agent found, While fainting virtue scarce maintain'd her ground... 587 Not that your father's mildn&s i contemn: But manly force becomes the diadem. 588 Nor hap-1 they, where sandy wastes extend, Where fainting Arabs their parch'd cattle tend. 589 And Fame's loud trumpet...
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