Example X.—­“Boadicea”—­Four Stanzas from Eleven.

1.  “When the | British | warrior | queen, Bleeding | from the | Roman | rods, Sought, with | an in | -dignant | mien, Counsel | of her | country’s | gods,

2.  Sage be | -neath the | spreading | oak, Sat the | Druid, | hoary | chief; Every burning | word he | spoke Full of | rage, and | full of | grief.

3.  Princess! | if our | aged | eyes Weep up | -on thy | matchless | wrongs, ’Tis be | -cause re | -sentment | ties All the | terrors | of our | tongues.

    4. 
    ROME SHALL | PERISH—­ | write that | word
    In the | blood that | she hath | spilt;
    Perish, | hopeless | and ab | -horr’d,
    Deep in | ruin | as in | guilt.” 
        WILLIAM COWPER:  Poems, Vol. ii, p. 244.

Example XI—­“The Thunder Storm”—­Two Stanzas from Ten.

   “Now in | deep and | dreadful | gloom,
    Clouds on | clouds por | -tentous | spread,
    Black as | if the | day of | doom
    Hung o’er | Nature’s | shrinking | head: 
    Lo! the | lightning | breaks from | high,
    God is | coming! |—­God is | nigh!

    Hear ye | not his | chariot | wheels,
    As the | mighty | thunder | rolls? 
    Nature, | startled | Nature | reels,
    From the | centre | to the | poles: 
    Tremble! | —­Ocean, | Earth, and | Sky! 
    Tremble! | —­God is | passing | by!”
        J. MONTGOMERY:  Wanderer of Switzerland, and other Poems, p. 130.

Example XII.—­“The Triumphs of Owen,” King of North Wales.[513]

   “Owen’s | praise de | -mands my song,
    Owen | swift and | Owen | strong;
    Fairest | flow’r of | Roderick’s | stem,
    Gwyneth’s | shield, and | Britain’s | gem. 
    He nor | heaps his | brooded | stores,
    Nor the | whole pro | -fusely | pours;
    Lord of | every | regal | art,
    Liberal | hand and | open | heart. 
      Big with | hosts of | mighty | name,
    Squadrons | three a | -gainst him came;
    This the | force of | Eirin | hiding,
    Side by | side as | proudly | riding,
    On her | shadow | long and | gay,
    Lochlin | ploughs the | watery | way: 
    There the Norman | sails a | -far
    Catch the | winds, and | join the | war;
    Black and | huge, a | -long they | sweep,
    Burthens | of the | angry | deep. 
      Dauntless | on his | native | sands,
    The Drag | -on-son | of Mo | -na stands;[514]
    In glit | -tering arms | and glo | -ry drest,
    High he | rears his | ruby | crest. 
    There the | thundering | stroke be | -gin,
    There the | press, and | there the | din;
    Taly | -malfra’s | rocky | shore
    Echoing | to the | battle’s | roar;
    Where his | glowing | eyeballs | turn,