2. "I, that did never weep, now melt in woe."—Id.
3. "Tide life, tide death, I come without delay."—Id.
4. "I am their mother, who shall bar me from them?"—Id.
5. "How wretched, were I mortal, were my state!"—Pope.
6. "Go; while thou mayst, avoid the dreadful fate."—Id.
7. "Grief aids disease, remember'd folly stings, And his last sighs reproach the faith of kings."—Johnson.
EXCEPTION I.—RESTRICTIVE RELATIVES.
When a relative immediately follows its antecedent, and is taken in a restrictive sense, the comma should not be introduced before it; as, "For the things which are seen, are temporal; but the things which are not seen, are eternal."—2 Cor., iv, 18. "A letter is a character that expresses a sound without any meaning."—St. Quentin's General Gram., p. 3.
EXCEPTION II.—SHORT TERMS CLOSELY CONNECTED.
When the simple members are short, and closely connected by a conjunction or a conjunctive adverb, the comma is generally omitted; as, "Honest poverty is better than wealthy fraud."—Dillwyn's Ref., p. 11. "Let him tell me whether the number of the stars be even or odd."—TAYLOR: Joh. Dict., w. Even. "It is impossible that our knowledge of words should outstrip our knowledge of things."—CAMPBELL: Murray's Gram., p 359.