The bak may features best disclose;
an uexpcte, igenousy epresednatral         In bhue may feelings all repose:
thought.Then let each reign without control,
Sonnets- The Sonnet is a poetical composi-           The black all MND- the blue all SOU.
tion, coniting of fourteen lies, so constructed      Epths-n         piahsuulyasazan
that the first eight lines shall contain but two    poety,          Epihfolosthe iscrusuallyu a tnzabi
rhymues, and the last sx but two more; and so     ptoer.w*  hflow      h   ncitinv          ob
arranged that, in the first part, the first line i stfe
made to r'hymne with the fut, fifth, and eighth       Sates. -The Satire i8 a& poem   used in ex-
--the second. rhyming with the third, sixth, and posing folly and wickedness, in keen, Cutting
seventh~, whle in the seodpart, the first, third,  words; holding the same up to ridicule and
and fifth; an ~ the second, fourth, and sixth also  contempt.
rhym  wit e     utrasumwin                   Parodes.-A  ludicrous imitation of~ a serious
"The blithe birds of the summer tide are flown   subject, usually in rhyme, is termed a Parody,
Cold, motionless, and mute, stands all the wod  as follows -
Save as. the restless wind, in mournful mood,    "Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed -
Strays through the tossing limbs with saddest moan.  Close at my elbow stir their lemonade."
The leaves it wooed with kisses, over~blown
~By gusts capricious, pitiless and rude,       Pogus-h         Prologue is a short poem, in~-
Lie dankc and dead amid the solitude;          PtOOtOS     h
Where-througb it waileth, desolae and lone.     troductory to a play   or discourse, usually re-
Bu~t with a clearer splendorT.sunlight streams  cited before the p6rformance begins.
Athwart the bare, slim branches; and on high      li   .-h      Epogesasor             pem
Each star, in Night's rich coronal that beams,     Eious-h           plgei           hr     om
Pours down intenser brilliance on the eye;  which frequently reviews the principal inci-
Till dealed. Fancy finds her gorgeous dram     dents of the play, delivered by one of the
Outshone in beauty by thie autumn sky."
Catts-The Cantata is a musical conmposi-      actors at the close of a dramatic performance.
tion, partaking of the nature of an anthem, be-       Im,promptus-An Impromptu is a poetical comn-
ingr intermix~ed with airs and recitatives; and position, made at the moment, without previous
miay be adapted to a single voice, or many.         study.
Chiaraes.-The  Charade may be in either           Acrostes.-An Acrostic is a stanza of several
prose or poetry, and contains as a subject a        lines, the first letters of which, taken in their
word of two syllables, each forming a distinct      order from top to bottom, make a word or sen-
word ; these to be concealed in7 an enigmiatical tence.
description, first separately and then together.
~a~awt~-a. hortson  c  itin  of  ne,   Friendship, thou 'rt false! I hate thy flattering smile!
Canznet.-Ashor  sog cnsisingof  ne,    Return to me those years I spent in vain,
two, or three parts is termed a Canzonet.    The      In early youth, the victim of thy guile,
following, of two parts, is an illustration.          Each joy took wing. ne'er to return again -
BLACKEYESANDLUE.Ne'er to return ; for, chilled by hopes deceived,
SLAK E>~5ANDBLU.              Duy the slow-paced hours now move along:
Black eyes most dazzle in the hall;              So changed the tine, when, thoughtless, I believed
~Bu eyes most please at evenng fal.             Her honeyed words, and heard her syren song.
The lac a onqest oonst ainIf e'er, as me, she lure some youth to stray,
The blue a conqust msn0t retai                Perhaps, before too late, he'll listen to my lay.
The black bepaalileart________                                       ________
Whosesoftemotons sondpartSee chapter on Epitaphs.
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