Example III—An Ode, from the French of Malherbe.
"This An\-na so fair,
So talk'd \ of by fame,
Why dont \ she appear?
Indeed, \ she's to blame!
Lewis sighs \ for the sake
Of her charms, \ as they say;
What excuse \ can she make
For not com\-ing away?
If he does \ not possess,
He dies \ with despair;
Let's give \ him redress,
And go find \ out the fair"
"Cette Anne si belle,
Qu'on vante si fort,
Pourquoi ne vient elle?
Vraiment, elle a tort!
Son Louis soupire,
Après ses appas;
Que veut elle dire,
Qu'elle ne vient pas?
S'il ne la posséde,
Il s'en va mourir;
Donnons y reméde,
Allons la quérir."
WILLIAM KING, LL. D.: Johnson's British Poets, Vol. iii, p. 590.
Example IV.—'Tis the Last Rose of Summer.
1.
"'Tis the last \ rose of sum\-mĕr,
Left bloom\-ing alone;
All her love\-ly compan\-iŏns
Are fad\-ed and gone;
No flow'r \ of her kin\-drĕd,
No rose\-bud is nigh,
To give \ back her blush\-ĕs,
Or give \ sigh for sigh.
2.
I'll not leave \ thee, thou lone \ ŏne!
To pine \ on the stem!
Since the love\-ly are sleep\-ĭng,
Go, sleep \ thou with them;
Thus kind\-ly I scat\-tĕr
Thy leaves \ o'er thy bed,
Where thy mates \ of the gar\-dĕn
Lie scent\-less and dead.
3.
So, soon \ may I fol\-lŏw,
When friend\-ships decay,
And, from love's \ shining cir\-clĕ,
The gems \ drop away;
When true \ hearts lie with\-ĕr'd,
And fond \ ones are flown,
Oh! who \ would inhab\-it
This bleak \ world alone ?"
T. MOORE: Melodies, Songs, and Airs, p. 171.
Example V.—Nemesis Calling up the Dead Astarte.
"Shadow! \ or spir\-ĭt!
Whatev\-er thou art,
Which still \ doth inher\-ĭt
The whole \ or a part
Of the form \ of thy birth,
Of the mould \ of thy clay,
Which return'd \ to the earth,
Re-appear \ to the day!
Bear what \ thou bor\-ĕst,
The heart \ and the form,
And the as\-pect thou wor\-ĕst
Redeem \ from the worm!
Appear!—Appear!—Appear!"
LORD BYRON: Manfred, Act ii, Sc. 4.
Example VI.—Anapestic Dimeter with Trimeter.
FIRST VOICE.
"Make room \ for the com\-bat, make room;
Sound the trum\-pet and drum;
A fair\-er than Ve\-nus prepares
To encoun\-ter a great\-er than Mars.
Make room \ for the com\-bat, make room;
Sound the trum\-pet and drum."
SECOND VOICE.
"Give the word \ to begin,
Let the com\-batants in,
The chal\-lenger en\-ters all glo \ rĭoŭs;
But Love \ has decreed,
Though Beau\-ty may bleed,
Yet Beau\-ty shall still \ be victo\-rĭoŭs."
GEORGE GRANVILLE: Johnson's British Poets, Vol. v, p. 58.
Example VII.—Anapestic Dimeter with Tetrameter.
AIR.
"Let the pipe's \ merry notes \ aid the skill \ of the voice;
For our wish\-es are crown'd, \ and our hearts \ shall rejoice.
Rejoice, \ and be glad;
For, sure, \ he is mad,
Who, where mirth, \ and good hum\-mour, and har\-mony's found,
Never catch\-es the smile, \ nor lets pleas\-ure go round.
Let the stu\-pid be grave,
'Tis the vice \ of the slave;
But can nev\-er agree
With a maid\-en like me,
Who is born \ in a coun\-try that's hap\-py and free."
LLOYD: Johnson's British Poets, Vol. viii, p, 178.
MEASURE IV.—ANAPESTIC OF ONE FOOT, OR MONOMETER.
This measure is rarely if ever used except in connexion with longer lines. The following example has six anapestics of two feet, and two of one; but the latter, being verses of double rhyme, have each a surplus short syllable; and four of the former commence with the iambus:
