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Fin. Bourne Thyrsis et Chloe, 57.
Jam volucres cecine^re, et festinavit ab ortu
Purpureo risu sol aperire diem.
25.
Johnson. Messia, 59.
Pastor agit pecudes; teneros modo^suscipitagnos,
Et gremio fotis selectas porrigit herbas;
Amissas modo queerit oves, revocatque vagantes.
26.
Firgil. jEneid. XI, 210.
Tertia lux gelidam coelum dimoverat umbram,
Mcerentes altum cinerem et confusa ruebant
Ossa focis, tepidoque onerabant aggere terra.
27.
Milton. Ad Patrem, 105.
Este procul, vigiles ? ? ? ? ; procul este, Querela? ,
In\ idiicque acies, transverso tortilis hirquo ;
Sajva nec anguiferos extende, Calumn,a, rictus.
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28.
Claudian. De Pfioen. 83.
Talis barbaricas fluvio de Tigride turmas
Ductor Parthus agit, geramis, et divite cultu,
Luxurians sertis apicem regalibus ornat.
29.
Ovid. Trist. I, E/eg. II, 27.
Nam modo purpureo vires capit Eurus ab ortu;
Nunc Zephyrus sero vespere missus adest.
Nunc gelidus sicca Boreas bacchatur ab Arcto;
Nunc Notus adversa proelia fronte gerit.
30.
Vin. Bourne Mut. Ben.
Per Libyae Androcles siccas errabat arenas,
Qui vagus Iratum fugerat exul herum.
Lassato tandem, fractoque labore viarum,
Ad scopuli patuit ca;ca caverna latus.
31.
Hanc subit; et placidae dederat vix membra quieti
Cum subito immanis rugit ad antra leo.
Ule, pedem attollens l? esum,et miserabile murmur
Edens, qua^ poterat voce, precatur opem.
32.
Perculsus novitate rei, incertusque timore,
Vix tandem tremulas admovet erro manus ;
Et spinam explorans, nam fixa in vulnere spina
Haerebat, cauto molliter ungue trahit.
S3.
Nunc iterum sylvas dumosque peragrat ; et affeti? :
Providus assiduas hospes ad antra dapes.
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Juxta epulis accumbit homo, conviva leonis
Nec crudo, dubitat participare cibos.
. '. ? 4.
Quis tamen ista ferat desertae tadia vita? i
Vix furor ultoris tristior esset heri.
Devotum certis caput objectare peri? clis,
Et patrios statuit rursus adire lares.
35.
Traditur hic, fera facturus spectacui? a plebi,
Accipit et miserum tristis arena reu? m.
Irruit ? caveis fors idem, impastus et acer,
Et medicum attonito suspicit ore leo.
36.
Suspicit, et, veterem agnoscens vetus hospes ami-
cum,
Decumbit notos blandulus ante pedes.
Unius natura? opus est : ea sola furorem
Sumere quae jussit, ponere? sola jubeU
3? .
Ovid. Trist. I, Eleg. I, 75.
Terretur mi? nimo ? ? ? ? ? ? Stridore columba/
Unguibus, accipiter, saueia facta tuis.
Kec procul a stabulis audet secedere, si qua.
Excussa est avidi dentibus agna lupi.
38.
Claudia>>. De Sen. Veron. ? .
Felix, qui propriis aevum transegit in arvis,
Ipsa domus puerum, quem videt, ipsa senem ;
Qui baculo nitens, in qua^ reptavit, arena,
Unius nutnerat saecula longa casae.
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Illum non vario traxit fortuna tumult? :
Nec bibit ignotas mobilis hospes aquas;
Non freta mercator timuit, non classica miles ;
Non rauci lites pertulit ille fori.
40.
Ingentem meminit parvo qui germine quercum,
iEquaevumque videt eonsenuisse nemus.
Sed tamem indomita; vires, firmisque lacertis
JEtas robustum tertia cernit avum.
41.
Ovid. Met. XI, 495.
Quippe sonant clamore viri, Stridore rudentes,
Undarum incursu gravis unda, tonitribus aether.
Fluctibus erigitur, coelumque aequare vitletur
Pontus, et inductas aspergine tingere nubes.
42.
Fin. ? ? ? ? ? Votum, 61.
Regum ut laudator fiaui, vitiisque minister,
Ingenium noliin prostituissse meuin :
Nec,canis uteaudam submittametblandiarinstar,
Perbreve, quod morti subtrabo, tempus agam.
4'3.
Ovid. Met. XI, 592.
Est prope Cimmerios longo spelunca recessu,
Mons cavus, ignavi domus et penetralia Somni;:
Quo nunquam radiis oriens, mediusve, cadensve,
Phoebus adire potest. Nebulae, cali? gine m is tie,
Exhalantur humo, dubiasque crepuscula lucis.
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44.
Horat. J, Epist. Il, 17.
Rursus, quid virtus, et quid sapientia posait,-
Utile proposuit nobis exemplar Ulyssem,
Qui, domitor Trojae, multorum providus urbes
Et mores hominum inspexit ; latumque per aequor^
Dum sibi, dum sociis reditum parat, aspera multp-
Pertulit, adversis rentra immersabilis midis.
45.
Johnson. Messia, 30. .
Altiu`s en Lebanon gaudentia culmina tollit!
En sumino exultant nutantes cervice sylvae !
46.
Vin. Bourne Sert. 29'.
Hei mihi ? quad floret languetque superbia Maii,
Floret idem forme? e gloria, languet idem. -
Utraque mane vigens placidumque et dulce ru-
bescit ;
Utraque marcescit vespere, pallet, abit.
47.
Virgil. Georg. I, 356.
Continuo ventis surgentibus, aut freta ponti
Incipiunt agitata tumescere, et arid us altis
Montibus audi ri fragor; aut resonantia longe
Littoramisceri, et nemorum increbescere murmur.
48.
Vin. Bourne Gui. Susan. Val. 13.
Sic alto in coelo tremulis se librat ut alis,
Si sociae accipiat forsan alauda sonos,
Devolat extemplo; clausisquead pectorapennis,
In chars nidum pracipitatur avis.
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? ? ? ? ? ? De Animi Immor. I, 171.
Aspice, quas Ganges interluit Indicus, oras ^
Illic gens hominum medios se mittit in ignes,
Impatiens virae; vel ad ipsa altaria divu^m
Sponte animam red dit, percussa cupidine caeca
Migrandi, sedes ubi fata dede^i? e quietas,
Ver ubi perpetuum, et soles sine nube sereni? .
O? O.
Claudian. De Phoen, 29.
Tunc multis gravior tandem subjungitur annisr
Lustorum numero victus : ceu lassa procelu? s
Ardua Caucasio nutat de vertice pinus,
Seram ponderibus pronis tractura ruinam.
Pars cadit assiduo flatu ; pars, imbre peresa,
Rumpitur ; abripuit partem vitiosa vetustas^
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LYRIC AND DRAMATIC MEASURES.
CHAPTER I.
FEET.
l.
THE first, fourth, and fifth feet in each line
are trochees, the second spondees, the third dac-
tyls.
2.
The fifth foot in the first line, and the third in
the second line, are spondees, all the other feet
. are iambi.
3.
The first foot in each line is a spondee, the
last an iambus, the others are choriambi.
4.
The last foot of each line is an amphibrac, the
first foot in the second and third lines is a
second epitrit, all the other feet are choriambi.
5.
The last foot of the first two lines is a pyrr-
hic, the others are dactyls; the first foot in the
third and fourth lines is an anapcst; the second
foot a tribrac in the third and an iambus in the
fourth line ; the third and fifth are spondees, and
the fourth and sixth iambi.
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6.
All the feet in the two first lines are small io-
nics, the two first feet in the third and fourth
lines are great ionics, the third foot is a dichoree,
and the fourth a spondee,
CHAPTER II.
METRES.
1.
Boeth. V, Met. II, 6.
Haud sic | ma^gni? | oo^ndi? tor | o^rbi? s ;
Hui? c e? x I alto I cu^neta tu? e? nti?
Nulla I terrae | mole re|sistunt,
Non nox I atris I nubibus | obstat.
2.
Boeth. Ill, Met. I, 7.
Gra^ti? us | a^stra? ni? |te? nt, ubi | No? tu? s
De? si? ni? t I i? mbri? fe|ro^s daie? | so? no? s ;
Lucifer [ ut tene|bras pepu|lerit,
Pulchra cii|es rose|os agit | equos.
S.
. . Boeth II, Met. F, 10.
So^mnos | daba? t he? r|basalu^|bri? s,
Po^tu^m | quoque? lu^|l)ri? cus a^m|ni? s,
Umbra^s | a^lti? s|si? ma pi? |nu^s;
No? ndu? m | maii? s a^! |ta? se? ca^|ba^t.
4.
Herat. I, Od. XI, 1.
Tu^ ne I quaesi? e? ri? s | scire, nefas, | que? m mi? hi? , que^m|
ti? bi?
Fi? ne? m | di? de? de? ri? nt, | Leu^conoe? ; | ne? e Babylo^j
nio^s
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Tenta|ris numeros, | ut melius, | quidquid erit, |
pati;
Seu plu|res hyemes, | seu tribuit | Jupiter ul|timam.
5.
Horat. I, Od. VII, 15.
Albus ut | obscu|ro de|terget | nubila | coelo -
Soepe No? |tu? s, ne? que? | pa^rturi? t | i? mbre? s
Perpetu|os, sic | tu sapi|ens fi|nire me|mento
Tri? sti? li? |a^m vi? |taeque? la|bo? re? s.
6.
Horat. IF, Od. ? ? , 1.
Diffu|ge^re niIves;rede|untjam | gramina I campis,
Arbon| busque co? |mae ;
Mutat | terra vi|ces; et | decresIcentia | ripas
Flu? mina? | praete? re? |u^nt.
7.
Horat. Epod. XVI, 47.
Mella ca|va^ ma|nant ex [ ilice ; | montibus | altis
Levis | cre? pa^nIte? lym|pha de? |si? li? t I pe? de? .
Illic | injus|sae veni|unt ad | mulctra ca|pellae,
Re? fert|que? te? n|ta gre? x | ami? |cus u^|be? ra^.
8.
Horat. Epod. II, 61.
Has In|te? r epu? jla^s, u^t | juva^t | pa^sta^s | ove? s
Vi? de? |re? prope? |ra^nte? s | domu^m!
Vi? de? jre? fes|so^s, vo^|me? rem i? n|ve? rsu^m|, bove? s,
Co^llo^ | tiahe? n|te? s la^n|gui? do.
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