Rhyming dictionary for the use of young poets, with an essay on English versification [by T. Smibert].1852 |
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... ACCENT , and PAUSE , are all features of much moment in English versification , but they cannot be reduced to absolutely uniform rules . The variations to which they are subject are many and im- portant . Of the positive and correct ...
... ACCENT , and PAUSE , are all features of much moment in English versification , but they cannot be reduced to absolutely uniform rules . The variations to which they are subject are many and im- portant . Of the positive and correct ...
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... ( accented and unaccented ) sylla- bles were rightly placed , and if the penultimate syllable , in particular , was short or unaccented . It is only to be observed further , that it is the sound in which uniformity is required , and not ...
... ( accented and unaccented ) sylla- bles were rightly placed , and if the penultimate syllable , in particular , was short or unaccented . It is only to be observed further , that it is the sound in which uniformity is required , and not ...
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... accented one the same rules should apply as in the case of perfect single rhymes . That is to say , the consonants preceding the accented vowels should be varied , though licenses are taken in this respect . Trading " and degrading ...
... accented one the same rules should apply as in the case of perfect single rhymes . That is to say , the consonants preceding the accented vowels should be varied , though licenses are taken in this respect . Trading " and degrading ...
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... accent , see- ing that it always follows immediately after the accent . From the want of a right distribution of accent and pause , verse becomes necessarily and unpleasingly monotonous . On the whole , English poetry , as remarked ...
... accent , see- ing that it always follows immediately after the accent . From the want of a right distribution of accent and pause , verse becomes necessarily and unpleasingly monotonous . On the whole , English poetry , as remarked ...
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... accents , or accented syllables , is kept up throughout . This will be found to be the case with most of our irre- gular or ballad compositions . They vary as to the number of syllables , but not of long ones or accents . Scott's ro ...
... accents , or accented syllables , is kept up throughout . This will be found to be the case with most of our irre- gular or ballad compositions . They vary as to the number of syllables , but not of long ones or accents . Scott's ro ...
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Page 23 - O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies.
Page 12 - Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips, and cranks,* and wanton* wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Page 10 - Lay a garland on my hearse, Of the dismal yew; Maidens, willow branches bear; Say I died true: My love was false, but I was firm From my hour of birth. Upon my buried body lie Lightly, gentle earth!
Page 22 - Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's pleasure: Rich the treasure, Sweet the pleasure, Sweet is pleasure after pain. Soothed with the sound, the king grew vain; Fought all his battles o'er again, And thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he slew the slain!
Page 25 - Sheer o'er the crystal battlements: from morn To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve, A summer's day; and with the setting sun Dropt from the zenith, like a falling star, On Lemnos, the Aegean isle.
Page 18 - The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath ; it is twice blessed ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes...
Page 25 - Alas! what boots it with incessant care To tend the homely slighted shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless Muse? Were it not better done as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Neaera's hair?
Page 19 - I know a bank whereon the wild thyme blows, Where ox-lips and the nodding violet grows ; Quite over-canopied with lush woodbine, With sweet musk-roses, and with eglantine...
Page 13 - Over thy decent shoulders drawn. Come, but keep thy wonted state, With even step and musing gait, And looks commercing with the skies, Thy rapt soul sitting in thine eyes...