When two or more complex members, or such clauses as require the comma in themselves, are constructed into a period, they are generally separated by the semicolon:  as, “In the regions inhabited by angelic natures, unmingled felicity forever blooms; joy flows there with a perpetual and abundant stream, nor needs any mound to check its course.”—­Carter.  “When the voice rises, the gesture naturally ascends; and when the voice makes the falling inflection, or lowers its pitch, the gesture follows it by a corresponding descent; and, in the level and monotonous pronunciation of the voice, the gesture seems to observe a similar limitation, by moving rather in the horizontal direction, without much varying its elevation.”—­Comstock’s Elocution, p. 107.

   “The wide, the unbounded prospect lies before me;
    But shadows, clouds, and darkness, rest upon it.”—­Addison.

RULE II.—­SIMPLE MEMBERS.

When two or more simple members, or such clauses as complete their sense without subdivision, are constructed into a period; if they require a pause greater than that of the comma, they are usually separated by the semicolon:  as, “Straws swim upon the surface; but pearls lie at the bottom.”—­Murray’s Gram., p. 276.  “Every thing grows old; every thing passes away; every thing disappears.”—­Hiley’s Gram., p. 115.  “Alexander asked them the distance of the Persian capital; what forces the king of Persia could bring into the field; what the Persian government was; what was the character of the king; how he treated his enemies; what were the most direct ways into Persia.”—­Whelpley’s Lectures, p. 175.

   “A longer care man’s helpless kind demands;
    That longer care contracts more lasting bands.”—­Pope.

RULE III.—­OF APPOSITION, &C.

Words in apposition, in disjunct pairs, or in any other construction, if they require a pause greater than that of the comma, and less than that of the colon, may be separated by the semicolon:  as, “Pronouns have three cases; the nominative, the possessive, and the objective.”—­Murray’s Gram., p. 51.  “Judge, judgement; lodge, lodgement; acknowledge, acknowledgement.”—­Butler’s Gram., p. 11.  “Do not the eyes discover humility, pride; cruelty, compassion; reflection, dissipation; kindness, resentment?”—­Sheridan’s Elocution, p. 159.  “This rule forbids parents to lie to children, and children to parents; instructors to pupils, and pupils to instructors; the old to the young, and the young to the old; attorneys to jurors, and jurors to attorneys; buyers to sellers, and sellers to buyers.”—­Wayland’s Moral Science, p. 304.

   “Make, made; have, had; pay, paid; say, said; leave, left;
    Dream, dreamt; mean, meant; reave and bereave have reft.”
        —­Ward’s Gr., p. 66.