On, on he hasten'd, and he drew
My gaze of wonder as he flew.

Though like a demon of the night

He pass'd and vanish'd from my sight,
His aspect and his air imprest

A troubled memory on my breast;

And long upon my startled ear

Rung his dark courser's hoofs of fear.-BYRON.

5.

Second disyllabic measure.

Rhymes in couplets; single. Five accents, or ten syllables, to each line. Verses of this kind are called heroic couplets; and are the metre in which many of the greatest poems of the English language are written.

On what foundation stands the warrior's pride?
How just his hopes, let Swedish Charles decide.

A frame of adamant, a soul of fire,

No dangers fright him, no misfortunes tire;
O'er Love, o'er Fear extends his wide domain,
Unconquered lord of pleasure and of pain.
No joy to him pacific sceptres yield,

War sounds the trump, he rushes to the field;
Behold auxiliar kings their powers combine,

And one capitulate, and one resign.

Peace courts his hand, but spreads her charms in vain.
"Think nothing gain'd," he cries, "till nought remain,

On Moscow's walls till Swedish banners fly,
And all be mine beneath the polar sky!"

The march begins in military state,

And nations on his eye suspended wait.
Stern Famine guards the solitary coast,

And Winter barricades the realms of frost.

He comes! nor toil nor want his course delay:
Hide blushing Glory, hide Pultowa's day.

His fall was destined to a barren strand,

A petty fortress, and a dubious hand.

He left a name at which the world grew pale,

To point a moral and adorn a tale.-JOHNSON.

6.

The same as the preceding; except that there is This metre is called blank heroics, or

no rhyme.

blank verse.

7.

Six accents. Name of

Second disyllabic measure.

the verse Alexandrine.

Ye sacred bárds that tó your hárps' melódious strings
Sung th' ancient héroes' deéds, the mónuménts of kings;
If, as those Drúids taught who képt the Brítish rítes,
And dwelt in darksome groves, there counselling with sprítes,
When thése our souls by death our bódies dó forsáke,
They instantly agaín to other bodies take,

I could have wish'd your souls redoubled ín my bréast,
To give my vérse applause to tíme's etérnal rést.-DRAYTON.

8.

Second disyllabic measure.

Service metre.

Seven accents. Name.

The Lord descended from above, and bow'd the heavens most high,

And underneath His feet He cast the darkness of the sky.

On Cherubs and on Seraphim full royally He rode,

And on the wings of mighty winds came flying all abroad.

STERNHOLD AND HOPKINS.

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