FOOTNOTES:
[108] Especially in these two, as here:
| Half Alex. | Winds | ŏf thĕ Wēst, | arise! | |
| Alex. | Hesper|ĭăn bāl|mĭĕst āirs, | O waft | back those | sweet sighs | |
| Dec. couplet. | { | To her | that breathes | them from | her own | pure skies, |
| Dew-drop|ping, mixt | with Dawn's | engold|ened dyes | ||
| Half Alex. | O'er my | unhap|py eyes! | |
| Fourteener. | From prim|rose bed | and wil|low bank | where your | moss cra|dle lies. | |
| Alex. | O! from | your rush|y bowers | to waft | back her | sweet sighs— | |
| Half Alex. | Winds | of the West, | arise! |
(Darley.)
If thou | wilt ease | thine heart
Of love | and all | its smart,
Then sleep, | dear, sleep;
And not | a sor|row
Hang a|ny tear | on your | eyelash|es;
Lie still | and deep,
Sad soul, | until | the sea-|wave wash|es
The rim | ŏ' thĕ sūn | tŏ-mōr|row
In east|ern sky.
(Beddoes.)
The redundant syllables are specially marked off here, to bring out their contrast with the acatalectic lines.
[109] Macaulay's prosody is mostly plain sailing; but in The Last Buccaneer he has (perhaps following Moore) attempted a rather unusual rhythm. See Hist. Pros. iii. 135-137. For Praed v. sup. p. [114].
[110] This did not appear till 1842.