I. ii. (Antistrophe)
Identical.
I. iii.
1. "Cold is Cadwallo's tongue, 2. That hush'd the stormy main: 3. Brave Urien sleeps upon his craggy bed: 4. Mountains, ye mourn in vain 5. Modred, whose magic song 6. Made hugh Plinlimmon bow his cloud-topt head. 7. On dreary Arvon's shore they lie 8. Smear'd with gore and ghastly pale: 9. Far, far aloof the affrighted ravens sail; 10. The famish'd eagle screams, and passes by. 11. Dear lost companions of my tuneful art, 12. Dear as the light that visits these sad eyes, 13.Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart, 14. Ye died amidst your dying country's cries— 15. No more I weep; They do not sleep; 16. On yonder cliffs, a griesly band, 17. I see them sit; They linger yet, 18. Avengers of their native land: 19. With me in dreadful harmony they join, 20. And weave with bloody hands the tissue of thy line.
I. iii. (Epode)
- 1. Iamb. dim. brachycat. ̆ ̄ ̆ ̄ ̆ ̄.
- 2. ditto
- 3. Heroic.
- 4, 5, as 1, 2, with trochee substituted in first place.
- 6 as 3.
- 7. Iamb. dim. acat.
- 8. Troch. dim. cat.
- 9 to 14. Heroics: the last 4 in quatrain.
- 15 to 18. Iamb. dims. arranged in stanza quatrain; internal rhymes only in lines 15 and 17.
- 19. Heroic.
- 20. Alexandrine.
| Rhyme scheme of Strophe and Antistrophe. | Rhyme scheme of Epode. |
|---|---|
| a | a |
| b | b |
| a | c |
| b | b |
| c | a |
| c | c |
| d | d |
| d | e |
| e | e |
| f | d |
| e | f |
| f | g |
| g | f |
| g | g |
| o[45] | |
| h | |
| o[45] | |
| h | |
| i | |
| i |
XXXIV. Lighter Eighteenth-Century Lyric
(a) Gay: