XII. They connect the comparative degree to the positive, before a verb; as,
1. "Near and more near the billows rise."
—Merrick.
2. "Wide and wider spreads the vale."
—Dyer's Grongar Hill.
3. "Wide and more wide, the overflowings of the mind
Take every creature in, of every kind."
—Pope.
4. "Thick and more thick the black blockade extends,
A hundred head of Aristotle's friends."
—Id., Dunciad.
XIII. They form many adjectives in y, which are not common in prose; as, The dimply flood,—dusky veil,—a gleamy ray,—heapy harvests,—moony shield,—paly circlet,—sheety lake,—stilly lake,—spiry temples,—steely casque,—steepy hill,—towery height,—vasty deep,—writhy snake.
XIV. They employ adjectives of an abbreviated form: as, dread, for dreadful; drear, for dreary; ebon, for ebony; hoar, for hoary; lone, for lonely; scant, for scanty; slope, for sloping: submiss, for submissive; vermil, for vermilion; yon, for yonder.
XV. They employ several adjectives that are not used in prose, or are used but seldom; as, azure, blithe, boon, dank, darkling, darksome, doughty, dun, fell, rife, rapt, rueful, sear, sylvan, twain, wan.
XVI. They employ the personal PRONOUNS, and introduce their nouns afterwards; as,
1. "It curl'd not Tweed alone, that breeze."
—Sir W. Scott.