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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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63
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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? 66 LYRIC.
9.
Boeth. III, Met. VI, 1.
Omne ho? mi|nu? m genus | i? n te? r|ri? s
Si? mi? li? I surgi^t ab 5r|tu? ;
Uni? is e? |ni? m re? |ru^m pate? r | est,
Unus | cu^ncta mi? ni? s|tra^t.
10.
Horat. V, Od. XII, 1.
Jam ve? |ri? s comite? s, | quae ma? re te? m|pe? ra^nt,
Impe? l|lu? nta? nimae | li? nte? a Thra^|ciae ;
Jam I nec prata rigen t, | ? ? ? fluvii | strepunt
Hybe? r|na^ ni? ve? tu^r|gi? di? .
11.
Horat. I, Od. XXXVI, 5.
Ca^ri? s I mu^lta? soda^l|i? bu^s,
Nu? lli? I plu? ra? tame^n, | di? vi? di? t o^s|cula^,
Quam du^l|ci? Lami? oe, | me? mo^r
Actae | non a? lio? | re? ge? puer|ti? ae.
12.
Horat. II, Od. XVI, 21:
Sca^ndi? t | aeia|ta^s vi? ti? |5sa | na^ve? s
Cura, | ? ? ? ? tu^rmas e? qui|tu^m re? |li? nqui? t,
Oci? |o^r ce? r|vi^s, et a|ge? nte? | nimbos
Oci? or | Euro.
13.
Horat. I, Od. IV, 1.
So^lvi? tur | a^cri? s hy|e? ms gra^|ta^ vi? ce? | ve? ri? s | et
Fa|vo^ni? ;
Trahu^nt|que? si? c|ca^s ma^|chinae 1 ca? ri|na^s ;
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Ac ne? que? | ja^m stabu|li? s ga^u|de? t pe? cus, | au? t
a|ra^to? r I i? gni? ;
Ne? c pra^|ta? ca^|ni? s a^l|bi? ca^nt | priii? |ni^s.
14. '
Borat. 1, Od. VIII, 5.
Cur ne? que? mi? Jli? taris
Inter aequa^|le? s e? qui? ta^t ; | Ga^lli? ca ne? c | lupa^ti^s
Te? mpe? rat 5|ra fraeni^s ?
Cur time? t fla^|vu^m Ti? be? ri? m | ta^nge? re? ? cur [
oli? vu^m ?
15.
Horat. I, Od. XXI, 9.
Vos Te^m|pe? totide? m | to? lli? te? la^u|di? bu^s,
Na^ta^|le? mque? , maie? s, | De? lon apo^l|li? ni? s,
Insi? g|ne? mque? phare? |tra^
Fra^te? rI na^que hume? ru^m | Jyra^.
16.
Horat. IV, Od. IV, 33.
Do? ctn|na? se? d | vi? m | pro^move? t i? n|si? ta^m,
Re? cti? Ique? cu^l|tu^s | pe? cto? ra? ro?
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
63
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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? 64 LYHIC.
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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? MEASURES. 65
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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? 66 LYRIC.
9.
Boeth. III, Met. VI, 1.
Omne ho? mi|nu? m genus | i? n te? r|ri? s
Si? mi? li? I surgi^t ab 5r|tu? ;
Uni? is e? |ni? m re? |ru^m pate? r | est,
Unus | cu^ncta mi? ni? s|tra^t.
10.
Horat. V, Od. XII, 1.
Jam ve? |ri? s comite? s, | quae ma? re te? m|pe? ra^nt,
Impe? l|lu? nta? nimae | li? nte? a Thra^|ciae ;
Jam I nec prata rigen t, | ? ? ? fluvii | strepunt
Hybe? r|na^ ni? ve? tu^r|gi? di? .
11.
Horat. I, Od. XXXVI, 5.
Ca^ri? s I mu^lta? soda^l|i? bu^s,
Nu? lli? I plu? ra? tame^n, | di? vi? di? t o^s|cula^,
Quam du^l|ci? Lami? oe, | me? mo^r
Actae | non a? lio? | re? ge? puer|ti? ae.
12.
Horat. II, Od. XVI, 21:
Sca^ndi? t | aeia|ta^s vi? ti? |5sa | na^ve? s
Cura, | ? ? ? ? tu^rmas e? qui|tu^m re? |li? nqui? t,
Oci? |o^r ce? r|vi^s, et a|ge? nte? | nimbos
Oci? or | Euro.
13.
Horat. I, Od. IV, 1.
So^lvi? tur | a^cri? s hy|e? ms gra^|ta^ vi? ce? | ve? ri? s | et
Fa|vo^ni? ;
Trahu^nt|que? si? c|ca^s ma^|chinae 1 ca? ri|na^s ;
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Ac ne? que? | ja^m stabu|li? s ga^u|de? t pe? cus, | au? t
a|ra^to? r I i? gni? ;
Ne? c pra^|ta? ca^|ni? s a^l|bi? ca^nt | priii? |ni^s.
14. '
Borat. 1, Od. VIII, 5.
Cur ne? que? mi? Jli? taris
Inter aequa^|le? s e? qui? ta^t ; | Ga^lli? ca ne? c | lupa^ti^s
Te? mpe? rat 5|ra fraeni^s ?
Cur time? t fla^|vu^m Ti? be? ri? m | ta^nge? re? ? cur [
oli? vu^m ?
15.
Horat. I, Od. XXI, 9.
Vos Te^m|pe? totide? m | to? lli? te? la^u|di? bu^s,
Na^ta^|le? mque? , maie? s, | De? lon apo^l|li? ni? s,
Insi? g|ne? mque? phare? |tra^
Fra^te? rI na^que hume? ru^m | Jyra^.
16.
Horat. IV, Od. IV, 33.
Do? ctn|na? se? d | vi? m | pro^move? t i? n|si? ta^m,
Re? cti? Ique? cu^l|tu^s | pe? cto? ra? ro?
