MEASURE I.—IAMBIC OF EIGHT FEET, OR OCTOMETER.
Psalm XLVII, 1 and 2.
"O =all | y~e p=eo | -pl~e, cl=ap | y~our h=ands, | ~and w=ith | tr~i=um
| -ph~ant v=oi | -c~es s=ing;
No force | the might | -=y power | withstands | of God, | the u
| -niver | -sal King."
See the "Psalms of David, in Metre," p. 54.
Each couplet of this verse is now commonly reduced to, or exchanged for, a simple stanza of four tetrameter lines, rhyming alternately, and each commencing with a capital; but sometimes, the second line and the fourth are still commenced with a small letter: as,
"Your ut | -most skill | in praise | be shown,
for Him | who all | the world | commands,
Who sits | upon | his right | -eous throne,
and spreads | his sway | o'er heath | -en lands."
Ib., verses 7 and 8; Edition bound with Com. Prayer,
N. Y., 1819.
An other Example.
"The hour | is come | —the cher | -ish'd hour,
When from | the bus | -y world | set free,
I seek | at length | my lone | -ly bower,
And muse | in si | -lent thought | on thee."
THEODORE HOOK'S REMAINS: The Examiner, No. 82.
MEASURE II.—IAMBIC OF SEVEN FEET, OR HEPTAMETER.
Example I.—Hat-Brims.
"It's odd | how hats | expand [ their brims | as youth | begins
| to fade,
As if | when life | had reached | its noon, | it want | -ed them
| for shade."
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES: From a Newspaper.