Rhyming dictionary for the use of young poets, with an essay on English versification [by T. Smibert].1852 |
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... short ( 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 ...
... short ( 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 ...
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... short or un- accented syllable to the measure of ordinary verses of any kind , and composing the rhyme out of it and the preced- ing syllable , now the penultimate one . Thus- 66 " Then all for women , painting , rhyming , drinking , 66 ...
... short or un- accented syllable to the measure of ordinary verses of any kind , and composing the rhyme out of it and the preced- ing syllable , now the penultimate one . Thus- 66 " Then all for women , painting , rhyming , drinking , 66 ...
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... short , or accented and un- accented , syllables follow each other in a certain order of succession . Thus , the normal octo - syllabic measure con- sists of short and long alternately , as does also the deca- syllabic . But variations ...
... short , or accented and un- accented , syllables follow each other in a certain order of succession . Thus , the normal octo - syllabic measure con- sists of short and long alternately , as does also the deca- syllabic . But variations ...
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... short syllables for a long one , as in the lines- " Gentle as falcon , Or hawk of the tower . " At the same time it will be noticed , that the same num- ber of accents , or accented syllables , is kept up throughout . This will be found ...
... short syllables for a long one , as in the lines- " Gentle as falcon , Or hawk of the tower . " At the same time it will be noticed , that the same num- ber of accents , or accented syllables , is kept up throughout . This will be found ...
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... short and long syllable alternately , as in the verses of Dryden . Skelton , indeed , has confined himself to no rule . The measure of five syllables neces- sarily changes its rhythm ; and the second and fourth lines of the subjoined ...
... short and long syllable alternately , as in the verses of Dryden . Skelton , indeed , has confined himself to no rule . The measure of five syllables neces- sarily changes its rhythm ; and the second and fourth lines of the subjoined ...
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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...