Sanders' Union Fourth Reader / Embracing a Full Exposition of the Principles of Rhetorical Reading; with Numerous Exercises for Practice, Both in Prose and Poetry, Various in Style, and Carefully Adapted to the Purposes of Teaching in Schools of Every Grade

by Charles W. Sanders

(oo)	The combat deepens! (ff.) ON! YE BRAVE!
(=)	Who rush to GLORY, (p.) or the GRAVE!
(ff.)	WAVE, Munich, all thy banners WAVE!
	And CHARGE with all thy CHIVALRY!
(pl.)	Ah! few shall part where many meet!
	The snow shall be their winding sheet,
	And every turf beneath their feet
(sl.o)	Shall be a soldier's sepulcher!

CAMPBELL.

(sl.)	At length, o'er Columbus slow consciousness breaks,
(oo)	"LAND! LAND!" cry the sailors; (ff.) "LAND! LAND!"—he awakes,—
('')	He runs,—yes! behold it! it blesseth his sight!
	THE LAND! O, dear spectacle! transport! delight!

SECTION V.

THE RHETORICAL PAUSE.

RHETORICAL PAUSES are those which are frequently required by the voice in reading and speaking, although the construction of the passage admits of no grammatical point.

These pauses should be as manifest to the ear, as those which are indicated by the comma, semicolon, or other grammatical points, though not commonly denoted by any visible sign. In the following examples they are denoted thus, (||).

EXAMPLES.

1.

In slumbers of midnight || the sailor-boy lay,
His hammock swung loose || at the sport of the wind;
But watch-worn and weary, || his cares flew away,
And visions of happiness || danced o'er his mind.