I. They not unfrequently omit the ARTICLES, for the sake of brevity or metre; as,

   “What dreadful pleasure! there to stand sublime,
    Like shipwreck’d mariner on desert coast!”
        —­Beattie’s Minstrel, p. 12.

    “Sky lour’d, and, muttering thunder, some sad drops
    Wept at completing of the mortal sin.”
        —­Milton, P. L., B. ix, l. 1002.

II.  They sometimes abbreviate common NOUNS, after a manner of their own:  as, amaze, for amazement; acclaim, for acclamation; consult, for consultation; corse, for corpse; eve or even, for evening; fount, for fountain; helm, for helmet; lament, for lamentation; morn, for morning; plaint, for complaint; targe, for target; weal, for wealth.

III.  By enallage, they use verbal forms substantively, or put verbs for nouns; perhaps for brevity, as above:  thus,

1.  “Instant, without disturb, they took alarm.”
        —­P.  Lost:  Joh.  Dict., w.  Aware.

2.  “The gracious Judge, without revile reply’d.”
        —­P.  Lost, B. x, l. 118.

3.  “If they were known, as the suspect is great.”
        —­Shakspeare.

4.  “Mark, and perform it:  seest thou? for the fail
       Of any point in’t shall be death.”
        —­Shakspeare.

IV.  They employ several nouns that are not used in prose, or are used but rarely; as, benison, boon, emprise, fane, guerdon, guise, ire, ken, lore, meed, sire, steed, welkin, yore.

V. They introduce the noun self after an other noun of the possessive case; as,

    1.  “Affliction’s semblance bends not o’er thy tomb,
       Affliction’s self deplores thy youthful doom.”—­Byron.

    2.  “Thoughtless of beauty, she was beauty’s self.”—­Thomson.

VI.  They place before the verb nouns, or other words, that usually come after it; and, after it, those that usually come before it:  as,

1.  “No jealousy their dawn of love o’ercast,
    Nor blasted were their wedded days with strife.”
        —­Beattie.

2.  “No hive hast thou of hoarded sweets.”
        —­W.  Allen’s Gram.

3.  “Thy chain a wretched weight shall prove.”
        —­Langhorne.

4.  “Follows the loosen’d aggravated roar.”
        —­Thomson.

5.  “That purple grows the primrose pale.”
        —­Langhorne.

VII.  They more frequently place ADJECTIVES after their nouns, than do prose writers; as,

1.  “Or where the gorgeous East, with richest hand,
    Show’rs on her kings barbaric, pearl and gold.”
        —­Milton, P. L., B. ii, l. 2.