9. Anacreontic Iambic, confifting of three iambufes, and a fyllable; in the first foot it has fometimes a spondee or anapeftus, and also a tribrachys.-Pf. 131. II. ODES and PSALMS of two kinds of verse following' one another alternately. 1. Glyconian and Afclepiadean, N° 4. and 3.—Hor. I. 3, 13, 19, 36. III. 9, 15, 19, 24, 25, 28. IV. 1, 3. Buch. Pf. 14, 35, 43. 2. Every first line (Dadylico-Trochaic,) confifting of the first four feet of an hexameter verse, then three trochees or a spondee for the laft; every fecond verse (Iambic Archilochian) confifting of an iambus or fpondæus, an iambus, a cæfura, and then three trochees. Hor. I. 4. 3. The first line, Hexameter, and the fecond, Alemanian Dadylic, confifting of the four laft feet of an hexameter. Hor. I. 7, 28. Epod. 12. -Buch. Pf. 4, 111. 4. Every firft line, Ariftophanic, confifting of a choriambus, and bacchius or amphimacer: Every fecond line, Choriambic Alcaic, confifting of epitrītus fecundus, two choriambules, and a bacchius. Hor. I. 8. 5. The first line, (Trochaic,) confifting of three trochees and a cæfura; or of an amphimacer and two iambuses. The fecond line, Archilochian Iambic, N° 9. Hor. II. 18. 6. The first line, Hexameter; the fecond (Dadylic Archilochian,) two dactyles and cæfura. Hor. IV. 7. Buch. Pf. 12. 7. The first line, Iambic Trimeter; and the fecond, Iambic Dimeter, N° 11.-Hor. Epod. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, Buch. Pf. 3, 6, 10, 21, 22, 27, 34, 38, 39, 41, 44, 48, 53, 62, 74, 76, 79, 87, 92, 110, 112, 115, 120, 127, 133, 134, 139, 141. 10. 8. The first line, Iambic Dimeter; the fecond (Sapphic,) confifts of two dactyles, a cæfura, and four iambuses, ad mitting alfo a fpondeus, &c. But this verfe is commonly divided into two parts; the firft, the latter part of a pentameter, N° 2. and the second, iambic dimeter, N° 11. Hor. Epod. II. 9. The first line, Hexameter; the fecond, Iambic Dimeter. Hor. Epod. 14, 15. Buch. Pf. 81. 10. Hexameter, and Iambic Trimeter. Hor. Epod. 16. Buch. Pf. 2, 20, 24, 57, 60, 69, 83, 93, 95, 97, 108, 109, 118, 126, 136, 147. 11. The first line, Sapphic, N° 5. and the second Iambic Dimeter, N° 11. Buch. Pf. 8. 12. Sapphic and Glyconian, Buch. Pf. 33, 70, 121, 142. 13. Iambic Trimeter and Pentameter. Buch. Pf. 36, 63. 14. The first line, Hexameter; and the fecond line, the three laft feet of an hexameter, with a long fyllable or two fhort fyllables before. Buch. Pf. 68. 15. Hexameter and Pentameter, or Elegiac verfe. Buch.Pf. 88, 114, 137. 16. The first line, (Trochaic,) three trochees and a fyllable, admitting fometimes a fpondee, tribrachys, &c. The fecond line, Iambic Dimeter, N° 11. Buch. Pf. 100. III. ODES and PSALMS of two kinds of verfe, and three or four lines in each stanza. an, No 1. The three first lines, Sapphic, and the fourth, Adoni5. Hor. Carm. 1. 2, 10, 12, 20, 22, 25, 30, 32, 38. II. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 16. III. 8, 11, 14, 18, 20, 22, 27% ÏV. 2, 6, 11. Carmen Secul.-Buch. Pf. 5, 17, 51, 55, 65, 67, 72, 90, 101, 103. 2. The three first lines, Afclepiadean, and the fourth, Glyconian. Hor. Carm. I. 6, 15, 24, 33. II. 12. III. 10, 16. IV. 5, 12. Buch. Pl. 23, 42, 75, 99, 102, 144. 3. The two first lines, Ionic trimeter, confifting of three Ionici minores; the third line, Ionic tetrameter, having dne Ionicus minor more. Hor. III. 12. W 4. The two firft lines have four trochees, admitting, in the fecond foot, a fpondee, dactyle, &c. The third line, the fame; only wanting a fyllable at the end. Buch. Pf. 66. 5. The three first lines, Glyconian, N° 4. admitting alfo a fpondee or iambus in the first foot; the fourth line, Pherecratian, N° 6. Buch. Pf. 116, 122, 128. IV. ODES and PSALMS of three kinds of verse, and three or four lines in each ftanza. 1. The two firft lines, Afclepiadean, N° 3. the third line, Pherecratian, No 6. and the fourth, Glyconian, N° 4. Hor. Carm. I. 5, 14, 21, 23. III. 7, 13. IV. 13.-Buch. Pf. 9, 64, 84, 130. 2. The first two lines, the Greater Dadylic Alcais, N° 8. The third, Archilochian Iambic, No 9. The fourth, the Leffer Alcaic, N° 10. Hor. Carm. I. 9, 16, 17, 26, 27, 29, 31, 34, 35, 37. II. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17á 19, 20. III. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 17, 21, 23, 26, 29. IV. 4, 9, 14, 15. Buch. Pf. 7, 11, 15, 19, 30, 46, 50, 56, 58, 77, 82, 91, 123, 125, 140, 146. 3. The firft line, Glyconian; the fecond, Afclepiadean; the third a fpondee, three choriambuses, and an iambus or pyrrhichius. Buch. Pf. 16. 4. The first line, Hexameter; the fecond, Iambic dimeter ; and the third, two dactyles and a fyllable; Hor. Epod. 13. Buch. Pf. 138. Sometimes the two last verses are joined in one, or inverted; as, Buch. Pf. 145. ENGLISH VERSE. The quantity of fyllables in English Verfe is not pre cifely afcertained. With regard to this we are chiefly directed by the ear. Our monofyllables are generally either long or flort, as occafion requires. And in words of two or more fyllables, the accented fyllable is always Jong. Of English verfe there are two kinds, one named Rhyme, and the other Blank verfe. In rhyme the lines are ufually connected two and two, fometimes three and three in the final fyllables. Two lines following one another thus connected, are called a Couplet, three lines, a Triplet. In blank verfe fimilarity of found in the final fyllables is carefully avoided. In measuring most kinds of English verfe, we find long and fhort fyllables fucceeding one another alternately; and therefore the accents fhould reft on every fecond fyl lable. The feet by which English verfe is commonly meafured, are either Iambic, i. e. consisting of a short and a long fyllable; as, ǎloft, create; or Trochaic, i. e. confifting of a long and a fhort fyllable; as, hōlÿ, löfty. In verfes of the former kind the accents are to be placed on lables; in the latter, on the odd fyllables. fure of a verse in English is most frequently determined by its number of fyllables only, without dividing them into particular feet. the even fylBut the mea I. IAMBIC MEASURE comprifes vertes, 1. Of four fyllables, or of two feet; as, With ravish'd ears, The monarch hears. Dryden. 2. Of fix fyllables, or of three feet; as, Aloft in awful state, The godlike hero fat. Dryden. 3. Of eight fyllables, or of four feet; as, While dangers hourly round us rife, No caution guards us from surprise. Fran. Horace. 4. Of ten fyllables, or of five feet, which is the common measure of heroic and tragic poetry; as, Poetic fields encompass me around, And still I seem to tread on Claffic ground; That not a mountain rears its head unfung. Addison. Obf. 1. In meafures of this laft fort, we forétimes find the laft line of a couplet or triplet ftretched out to twelve fyllables, or fix feet, which is termed an Alexandrine verse; thus, A needless Alexandrine ends the fong, Pope. We alfo find the laft verfe of a triplet stretched out to, fourteen fyllables, or feven feet, but then it has common ly an Alexandrine verse before it; thus, For thee the land in fragrant flow'rs is dreft; For thee the ocean smiles, and smooths her wavy breaft, And heaven itself with more ferene and purer light is bleft. Dryd. Sometimes alfo when there is no Alexandrine before it; thus, At length by fate to power divine restor'd, His thunder taught the world to know its lord, The god grew terrible again, and was again ador'd. } Rower Obf. 2. The more ftri&tly iambic these verses are, the more harmonious. In feveral of them, however, parti. cularly in thofe of ten fyllables, we often meet with a trochee, and likewife a fpondee, instead of an iambus. Verfes of heroic measure fometimes alfo admit a dactyle, or an anapeftus, in place of the iambus; in which case a verse of five feet may comprehend eleven, twelve, thirteen, and even fourteen fyllables; thus, I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 This manner of writing every fyllable fully is now generally used by the best poets, and feems much more proper than the ancient custom of cutting off vowels by |