"'I've lost a day'—the prince who nobly cried, Had been an emperor without his crown."—Young.
FIGURE V.—HYPERBATON.
"Such resting found the sole of unblest feet."—Milton.
"Yet, though successless, will the toil delight."—Thomson.
"Where, 'midst the changeful scen'ry ever new,
Fancy a thousand wondrous forms descries."—Beattie.
"Yet so much bounty is in God, such grace,
That who advance his glory, not their own,
Them he himself to glory will advance."—Milton.
"No quick reply to dubious questions make;
Suspense and caution still prevent mistake."—Denham.
LESSON VI.—FIGURES OF RHETORIC.
FIGURE I.—SIMILE.
"Human greatness is short and transitory, as the odour of incense in the fire."—Dr. Johnson. "Terrestrial happiness is of short continuance: the brightness of the flame is wasting its fuel, the fragrant flower is passing away in its own odours."—Id. "Thy nod is as the earthquake that shakes the mountains; and thy smile, as the dawn of the vernal day."—Id.