Example VI.—­England’s Dead.

   “The hur | -ricane | hath might
      Along | the In | -dian shore,
    And far, | by Gan | -ges’ banks | at night,
      Is heard | the ti | -ger’s roar.

    But let | the sound | roll on! 
      It hath | no tone | of dread
    For those | that from | their toils | are gone;—­
      There slum | -ber Eng | -land’s dead.” 
        HEMANS:  Poetical Works, Vol. ii, p. 61.

The following examples have some of the common diversifications already noticed under the longer measures:—­

Example I.—­“Languedocian Air.”

   “L=ove ~is | a hunt | -er boy,
      Who makes | young hearts | his prey;
    And in | his nets | of joy
      Ensnares | them night | and day.

    In vain | conceal’d | they lie,
      Love tracks | them ev’ | -ry where;
    In vain | aloft | they fly,
      Love shoots | them fly | -ing there.

    But ’tis | his joy | most sweet,
      At earl | -y dawn | to trace
    The print | of Beau | -ty’s feet,
      And give | the trem | -bler chase.

    And most | he loves | through snow
      To track | those foot | -steps fair,
    For then | the boy | doth know,
      None track’d | before | him there.” 
        MOORE’S Melodies and National Airs, p. 274.

Example II.—­From “a Portuguese Air.”

   “Flow on, | thou shin | -ing river,
      But ere | thou reach | the sea,
    Seek El | -la’s bower, | and give her
      The wreaths | I fling | o’er thee.

    But, if | in wand’ | -ring thither,
      Thou find | she mocks | my pray’r,
    Then leave | those wreaths | to wither
      Upon | the cold | bank there.” 
        MOORE:  Same Volume, p. 261.

Example III.—­Resignation.

   “O Res | -igna | -tion! yet | unsung,
      Untouch’d | by for | -mer strains;
    Though claim | -ing ev | -ery mu | -se’s smile,
      And ev | -ery po | -et’s pains!

    All oth | -er du | -ties cres | -cents are
      Of vir | -tue faint | -ly bright;
    The glo | -rious con | -summa | -tion, thou,
      Which fills | her orb | with light!”
        YOUNG:  British Poets, Vol. viii, p. 377.

MEASURE VII.—­IAMBIC OF TWO FEET, OR DIMETER.

Example—­A Scolding Wife.

1.

“There was | a man
Whose name | was Dan,
Who sel | -dom spoke;
His part | -ner sweet
He thus | did greet,
Without | a joke;

2.

My love | -ly wife,
Thou art | the life
Of all | my joys;
Without | thee, I
Should sure | -ly die
For want | of noise.