Example V.—"The True Poet"—First Two of Nine Stanzas.
1.
"Poet | of the | heart,
Delving | in its | mine,
From man | -kind a | -part,
Yet where | jewels | shine;
Heaving | upward | to the | light,
Precious | wealth that | charms the | sight;
2.
Toil thou | still, deep | down,
For earth's | hidden | gems;
They shall | deck a | crown,
Blaze in | dia | -dems;
And when | thy hand | shall fall | to rest,
Brightly | jewel | beauty's | breast."
JANE B. LOCKE: N. Y. Evening Post; The Examiner, No. 98.
Example VI.—"Summer Longings"—First Two of Five Stanzas.
"Ah! my | heart is | ever | waiting,
Waiting | for the | May,—
Waiting | for the | pleasant | rambles
Where the | fragrant | hawthorn | brambles,
With the | woodbine | alter | -nating,
Scent the | dewy | way.
Ah! my | heart is | weary | waiting,
Waiting | for the | May.
Ah! my | heart is | sick with | longing,
Longing | for the | May,—
Longing | to e | -scape from | study,
To the | young face | fair and | ruddy,
And the | thousand | charms be | -longing
To the | Summer's | day.
Ah! my | heart is | sick with | longing,
Longing | for the | May."
"D. F. M. C.:" Dublin University Magazine; Liberator, No. 952.
MEASURE VII.—TROCHAIC OF TWO FEET, OR DIMETER.
Example I.—Three Short Excerpts.
1.