Rhyming dictionary for the use of young poets, with an essay on English versification [by T. Smibert].1852 |
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... heroic ( hexameter or six - foot ) line of Homer and Virgil , for instance , might either have thirteen syllables , or seventeen , or some intermediate num- ber . The following is an example of a hexameter in Eng- lish , from the pen of ...
... heroic ( hexameter or six - foot ) line of Homer and Virgil , for instance , might either have thirteen syllables , or seventeen , or some intermediate num- ber . The following is an example of a hexameter in Eng- lish , from the pen of ...
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... heroic line was divided regu- larly into feet , each foot consisting of so many syllables ; and there were laws for the numbering and arrangement of these feet which could not be transgressed . Still , a certain numerical variety of ...
... heroic line was divided regu- larly into feet , each foot consisting of so many syllables ; and there were laws for the numbering and arrangement of these feet which could not be transgressed . Still , a certain numerical variety of ...
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... heroic verse ( the deca - syllabic ) of his country , produced many pieces in the eight - syllabled measure ; and Gower used it solely and wholly . So likewise did Barbour in his famous history of The Bruce , and Wyntoun in his Metrical ...
... heroic verse ( the deca - syllabic ) of his country , produced many pieces in the eight - syllabled measure ; and Gower used it solely and wholly . So likewise did Barbour in his famous history of The Bruce , and Wyntoun in his Metrical ...
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... heroic one of the English language , and a noble one it is , rivalling the lofty hex- ameter of Greece and Rome , and casting utterly into the shade the dancing , frivolous epic measure of French poetry . The latter runs in this ...
... heroic one of the English language , and a noble one it is , rivalling the lofty hex- ameter of Greece and Rome , and casting utterly into the shade the dancing , frivolous epic measure of French poetry . The latter runs in this ...
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... heroic or epic measure of English verse consists of ten - syllabled lines , each of which , in its ordinary rhyth- mical form , presents a short and long syllable alternately . The length of the line enables us distinctly to trace in it ...
... heroic or epic measure of English verse consists of ten - syllabled lines , each of which , in its ordinary rhyth- mical form , presents a short and long syllable alternately . The length of the line enables us distinctly to trace in it ...
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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...