iA
........     p    i6nswth fib I s6lute sway,  NImrz5d th I Minterws I mnih  h Mn   , 4nd ifmed
the     I il6r 6f I tlesbf I  y5re;
Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneb, from Shinar's fair
Thsmue 'admits of as ho~rt syllable at& the   reinhis namne afar bore.
Onth wrmI cbeek 6f yoath I  smlsadr  s r  ln        eie the frgig there are other ids
of feet that somtimes occur. These are named
the pyrrhic, the sponzdee, the amphibraeh, and
the tribrach. The pyrrhAic consists of two short
Dlic Vs                         and the eponde of two long syllables. The
r Dactylic verse the accent occurs on the       amphibrach contains three syllables, of which
first syllable of each successive three, being on' the first and third are Short and the second
the first, fourth, seventh, and tenth syllables.  long. The tribrach consists of three short sylla-
bles.
DACTLIC.  Onefoot.
Cheerully,Examples.
Fearfully.~                            PYRRHC.-" 6n the tall tree"
SPoNEE.- "The pale m,56n."
DACTYIC.-Two eet.Am'HIBRACH. - " Delightfi, Dbinestic."
D   c"  :    "    f... . "  "TRBRACH.- Nfimerab, c6nqferablE."
2Father all Igl5rious
O'er all victorious.                                Poetical Pauses.
.. .         T         tTUe full effect in reading poetry is most com-
Dpletely given when a slight pause is made at
........ ......                   the close of every line, even though the sense
Loeinss, beauty, and truthfulness.
may not require. a pause. Frequently a pause
DACTYLI.-For feet.,                  for sense is found in or near the middle of the
B  wllan      I          n I i               line. particularly of long lines, in which it im-
Al thai yourhfls" pate hoarde wih c ;       proves the rhythm, and brings out the meaning
And in their foolishness, pssion, and mulishness,  of the poem  with much better effect. This
Charge you with churlishness, spuring your pray'r."  pause is called the c 8ural pause, and is shown
DAT...iefeet.                        in the following examples.
Naw thb dzst I wElc6e,1, I wEme me, I frm the dark               Ca)ural Pause.
istee,                                              On her white breast I a sparkling cross she wore-
Which Jews might kiss I and infidels adore.
..H ter lively looks I a sprightly mind disclose,
DA        .   SiXfeet.                    Quick as her eyes I and as unfixed as those;
T   .i tbu rt Er In     , 6 I wheels 6r the days,    Favors to none, I to all she smiles extends,
years, An Iages,                                    Oft she rejects, Ibut never-once offends.
Restles as waves of the ocean,  when Eurus or Bors rgs."  "Then her cheek I was pale, and thinner I I than should be I
.            for one so young ;
DACYIC.- Seen feet.                 And her eyes, on all my motions, I with a mute observance
Off thI kngd6m 6fIhrist shall b6] gathered, by J   hung
angels 6'er Sftin v r                        I                  se  ocureste    do feho
All that ofedt,that lieth, that faileth to honor his name Tefia  4*ocus        tth    en   ofah
ever glorious."                                line whether the sense requires it or not, though