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

ANAPESTIC

MEASURES.

MONOMETER.

Formula x x a.

§ 649. Each of the following lines consists of a single Anapest.

§ 650. Each of the following lines is composed of two Anapests.

"In my rage' shall be seen'
The revenge' of a queen'!"

Formula x x a 2+.

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 forever!-Scott.

ANAPESTIC TRIMETER.

Formula x x ax 3.

§ 651. In the following accented lines there are three Ana

pests.

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.

ANAPESTIC

TETRAMETER.

Formula x x ax 4.

§ 652. 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 galley shall steer';

And the rocks of Craig Royston like icicles melt,

Ere our wrongs be forgot, or our vengeance unfelt!-SCOTT.

Formula x x ax4+.

Here there is an additional syllable.

If they rob' us of name' | and pursue' | us with beagles,
Give their roof to the flame and their flesh to the eagles,
While there's leaves in the forest and foam on the river,
MacGregor, despite them, shall flourish forever!-Scott.

§ 653. The accented lines are composed of a single Amphi

brach.

Whisperings heard by wakeful maids,

To whom the night-stars guide us;
Stolen walks through moonlight,
With those we love beside us:

Hearts beating

At meet'ing;
Tears start'ing

At part ́ing;

Oh sweet youth, how soon it fades!

Sweet joys of youth, how fleeting!-MOORE.

§ 654. The accented lines are composed of two Amphibrachs.

§ 655. The accented lines are composed of three Amphibrachs. A con'quest, how hard' and | how glorious!

Though fate had fast bound her

With Styx nine times round her!

Yet mu'sic and love' were victo'rious!-POPE.

Formula x ax×3-.

Here one syllable is wanting.

§ 656.

Ye shepherds, so cheer'ful | and gay',
Whose flocks never carelessly roam,
Should Corydon's happen to stray,
Oh call the poor wanderers home.

Allow me to muse and to sigh,

Nor talk of the change that ye find;

None once was so watchful as I;

I have left my dear Phyllis behind.-SHENSTONE.

AMPHIBRACH TETRAMETER.

Formula x axx 4.

[Thanks], my lord', for | your ven'ison; | for fin'er | nor fat'ter
Ne'er ranged' in the for'est nor smoked' on the plat ́ter:
The flesh was a picture for painters to study,

The fat was so white and the lean was so ruddy.

[Though] my stomach was sharp, I could scarce help regretting To spoil such a delicate picture by eating.-GOLDSMITH.

Formula x ax×4-.

The accented lines are composed of four Amphibrachs, want

ing one syllable.

§ 657.

But meeter for thee, gentle lover of nature,

To lay down thy head' like the meek' mountain lamb';
When wilder'd he drops from some cliff huge in stature,

And draws' his last sob ́ by | the side' of | his dam'.
And more stately thy couch by this desert lake lying,
Thy obsequies sung by the gray plover flying,
With one faithful friend to witness thy dying,

In the arms of Helvellyn and Catchedicam.—Scott.

DACTYLIC DIMETER.

Formula a x x × 2 and a x x × 2−.

§ 658. In the following the lines 1, 3, 5, &c., consist of twe Dactyls, and the lines 2, 4, 6, &c., consist of two Dactyls wanting the last syllable.

Pi'broch of Don'uil Dhu,

Pibroch of Donuil,

Wake' thy wild voice' anew,
Summon Clan-Conuil.
Come away, come away!

Hark to the summons!

Come in your war-array,
Gentles and commons!

Come from the deep glen, and

From mountain so rocky;

The war-pipe and pennon

Are at Inverlochy.
Come every hill-plaid, and

True heart that wears one;
Come every steel blade, and
Strong hand that bears one!

Leave untended the herd,

The flock without shelter;

The corpse uninterr'd,

The bride at the altar;

§ 659.

§ 660.

DACTYLIC TETRAMETER.

Formula a x x x 4.

Hail to the chief who in triumph advances!

Hon'or'd and bless'd be the | ev'er-green | pine!

Long' may the tree' in his ban'ner that glanc ́es

Flourish, the shelter and grace of our line!
Heaven send it happy dew,

Earth lend it sap anew,

Gayly to bourgeon and broadly to grow;

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While every Highland glen

Sends our shout back agen,

Roderigh Vich Alpine Dhu, ho! ieroe!"-SCOTT.

§ 661. The last line in each verse is a Spondee. The accented lines have five Dactyls.

This is the forest prime'val; but | where' are the | hearts' that beneath it Leap'd' like the roe', when it hears' in the wood'land the voice' of the huntsWhere is the thatch-roofed village, the home of Acadian farmers? [man?