ING, SHORT, AND COMMON METER, T                   AND ANAPESTIC VERSE         .      25
L.ong Meter.                                 TROCHAC.- Three feet.
The loncr, short, and common meters are                    When thy I hueart is I m6urning."
known by the nmber of feet or yllables found                  Go where comfort waits thee."
in them. Long, meter stanzas contain in each
line four Iambic feet, thus -                                 "RUI   a                                  i!
"Through every age, eternal God                        Love of peace and lonely mng.
Thou art our rest, our safe abode
High was thy throne ere heaven was made,
Or earth, thy humble footstool, laid."
All that I wnlk 6~n I fot br I ride In I chari6ts,
Short eter.                           All that dwell in palaces or garrets.
Short meter stanzas contain three lines of six                 TROCHAC.- SiX feet.
syllables, and one of eight syllables.-the third                       r
lieben  telogst   ndclianikfO3 ILL              Lay a shepherd swain nd viewed the roaring billow.
b~ic feet, thus-
TRoOFAC.- Seven feet.
Sweet is the time of Spring,
When nature's charms appear;            H      I Lb  to I     r   I  m  A          I      saf f I
The birds with ceaseless pleasure sing,
And hail the opening year."             Shiame thou tose who sek my sol,reward theifrmshe
double,
Common Mter.oc                                        o-ZkfeL
Iambic vere of seven feet, divided into two        N     Tro   ea_               ly fo   bi    one4
lines, the first eontainng four, and the latter
three feet, mkes what is known as commonI                                  d      I
meter; thus-                                        Over many a qua,int and curious volme offogtelr.
"When all thy mercies, 0, my God!
My rising soul surveys,
Transported with the view, I 'm lost         .......                Verse.
In wonder, love, an~d praise."~
Each species of Iambic verse will admit of an     the foot, with the aceton telatsllbe
additional short syllable  as
Up6n Im6unt I gn                                        6n tt
13side  A f6unt I  in.                                 Ut  me...a"d."
firs~t syllable6 The foot cosssof two sllables.
ble  as