...rejoice, cf. 31 etc., P. 256. e) Gay's Stanza hat 3 nissige Jambics mit altern, rhyme: (the odd lines double) 'Twas when the seas were roaring with hollow...wind, a Damsel lay deploring all on a rock reclined. so bei den neueren Lyrikern sehr gewöhnlich nach Gay's VorbiWe. 404 Aehnliche kurze Strophen von 4...

...etc., P. 256. e} Gay's Stanza hat 3füssige Jambics mit altem, rhyme: (the odd lines double~) 'Tioas when the seas were roaring with hollow blasts of wind, a Damsel lay deploring all on a rock reclined. so bei den neueren Lyrikern sehr gewöhnlich nach Ga^s Vorbilde. Aehnliche kurze Strophen von 4—6...

...unwilling rows to land : "Adieu!" she cries, and waved her lily hand. "T\VAS WHEN THE SEAS." JOHN' GAY. 'TWAS when the seas were roaring With hollow blasts...wistful look : Her head was crown'd with willows, Twelve months are gone and over, And nine long tedious days; Why didst thou, venturous lover, Why didst...

...grace. 3. — Gay's Stanza of Iambic Trimeters Hypermetrie.t Sernating with simple Trimeters ; as, 'Twas when the seas were roaring, With hollow blasts...foaming billows, She cast a wistful look ; Her head was crowned with willows, That trembled o'er the brook. 4. — English Sapphics, (as they are sometimes...

...alternately with lines of three feet, and this variety constitutes what is called Gay's Stanza ; as, 'T was when the seas were roaring With hollow blasts of wind,...Wide o'er the foaming billows She cast a wistful look : The head was crown'd with willows, That trembled o'er the brook. — Gay. Four feet iambic, or Tetrameter....

...the rhythm will teach us to supply the want of a final syllable by prolonging a previous syllable. " 'Twas when the seas were roaring, With hollow blasts...wind, A damsel lay deploring, All on a rock reclined." The rhythm here has room for an additional syllable, as if it had been written, roaring loud. Other...

...to supply the want of a final syllable by prolonging a previous syllable. "'Twaa when the seas weie roaring, With hollow blasts of wind, A damsel lay deploring, All on a rock reclined." The rhythm here has room for an additional syllable, as if it had been written, roaring loud. Other...

...sailing they do go. 'TWAS WHEN THE SEAS WERE ROARING. GAY.— From the " What d'ye call it." jj WAS when the seas were roaring ' With hollow blasts of wind, A damsel lay deploring, I All on a rock reclined. Wide o'er the foaming billows She cast a wistful look ; Her head was crown'd...

...Excessive alternating with the complete Trimeter, form what has been called Gay's Stanza ; eg : — " "Twas when the seas were roar-ing With hollow blasts...wind, A damsel lay deplor-ing All on a rock reclined." — Gay. 168. The other forms in which the simple regular measure occurs, are either varieties of those...

...always loved, now love the more.* The Peruigilium Veneris. JOHN GAT. 1688-1732. 'T was when the sea was roaring With hollow blasts of wind, A damsel lay deploring All on a rock reclined. The What D'ye Call 't. Act ii. Sc. 8. So comes a reckoning when the banquet 's o'er, The dreadful reckoning,...