Practical English Prosody and Versification: Or, Descriptions of the Different Species of English Verse, with Exercises in Scanning and Versification ... Calculated to Produce Correctness of Ear and Taste in Reading and Writing Poetry ...Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1816 - 261 pagina's |
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Pagina 16
... live - l - ly ǎnd gãy— The pō -- ěts , who choose , | for their | lay , A me -- tre so live -- ly and gay- Dactylic- Speak of the poets , who choose , for their | lãy , Mētre dac -- tylic , s8 | lively and | gay- Poets , who choose ...
... live - l - ly ǎnd gãy— The pō -- ěts , who choose , | for their | lay , A me -- tre so live -- ly and gay- Dactylic- Speak of the poets , who choose , for their | lãy , Mētre dac -- tylic , s8 | lively and | gay- Poets , who choose ...
Pagina 17
... live their term again ! * To which if we add the six regular forms of Trochaïc , and six more with the additional syllable , this same line will serve to exemplify twenty - six different forms of English metre , consist ing of alternate ...
... live their term again ! * To which if we add the six regular forms of Trochaïc , and six more with the additional syllable , this same line will serve to exemplify twenty - six different forms of English metre , consist ing of alternate ...
Pagina 35
... live , that no man is shy To discover the goods he came honestly by . ( Swift . But such lines , by whomsoever written , cannot be considered in any better light than that of lame , aukward , imperfect verses , which , though they may ...
... live , that no man is shy To discover the goods he came honestly by . ( Swift . But such lines , by whomsoever written , cannot be considered in any better light than that of lame , aukward , imperfect verses , which , though they may ...
Pagina 82
... , Where whim and passion hold the rein , And slighted reason pleads in vain . 57 Fond mem❜ry o'er thy grave shall give A tear , to bid thy virtues live . 58 Still o'er the genial hours of spring Fell Discord 82 Scanning .
... , Where whim and passion hold the rein , And slighted reason pleads in vain . 57 Fond mem❜ry o'er thy grave shall give A tear , to bid thy virtues live . 58 Still o'er the genial hours of spring Fell Discord 82 Scanning .
Pagina 91
... Live unfriended , die unpity'd . 114 The fleecy mothers stray'd below ; And their sportive lambkins play'd round . 115 My friend , thy days flow serenely , Nor know any interruption . 116 The search shall teach thee to prize life , And ...
... Live unfriended , die unpity'd . 114 The fleecy mothers stray'd below ; And their sportive lambkins play'd round . 115 My friend , thy days flow serenely , Nor know any interruption . 116 The search shall teach thee to prize life , And ...
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accent adjective Aloë altered alternate rhime amarantine Anacreon anapæst ănd beams beauty blest bloom bosom breast breath Briareus cæsura charms cheer clouds dactyl diphthong double rhime Dryden earth eight syllables English English poetry ev'ry example fair feet flow'rs foot French gale glows Greek grief grove heart heav'n Hypermeter hyphen Iambic metre Iambic verses Iambics of eight Iambus lable language Latin licence light lyre maid metre mind Muse nature night o'er Patroclus peace plain pleasures poet poetic poetry Pope pow'r preterite prey pronounced pronunciation Prosody Pyrrhic round scanned scenes shade shed shine shore short sigh single syllable sleep smile soft song sooth sorrow soul sound spondee spring stanzas stream subjunctive mood sweet synæresis syncope tear termination thee thou tribrachys trisyllabic Trochaïc Trochee un-accented syllable vale verbs versification virtue wild word young readers youth
Populaire passages
Pagina 232 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
Pagina 233 - Ye winds that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more.
Pagina 195 - FATHER of all ! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord ! Thou great first Cause, least understood, Who all my sense confined To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself am blind...
Pagina 19 - Bound on a voyage of awful length And dangers little known, A stranger to superior strength, Man vainly trusts his own. But oars alone can ne'er prevail To reach the distant coast ; The breath of Heaven must swell the sail, Or all the toil is lost.
Pagina v - T' arrest the fleeting images that fill The mirror of the mind, and hold them fast, And force them sit till he has pencil'd off A faithful likeness of the forms he views ; Then to dispose his copies with such art, That each may find its most propitious...
Pagina 81 - His head was silver'd o'er with age, And long experience made him sage ; In summer's heat and winter's cold He fed his flock and penn'd the fold : His hours in cheerful labour flew. Nor envy nor ambition knew : His wisdom and his honest fame Through all the country rais'd his name.
Pagina 232 - I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, I start at the sound of my own.
Pagina 73 - Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden -flower grows wild; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year...
Pagina 32 - Tis night, and the landscape is lovely no more ; I mourn, but, ye woodlands, I mourn not for you ; For morn is approaching, your charms to restore, Perfumed with fresh fragrance, and glittering with dew: Nor yet for the ravage of winter I mourn ; Kind nature the embryo blossom will save.