"My flocks | feed not,
My ewes | breed not,
My rams | speed not,
All is | amiss:
Love's de | -nying,
Faith's de | -fying,
Heart's re | -nying,
Causer | of this."
2.
"In black | mourn I,
All fears | scorn I,
Love hath | lorn me,
Living | in thrall:
Heart is | bleeding,
All help | needing.
(Cruel | speeding,)
Fraughted | with gall."
3.
"Clear wells | spring not.
Sweet birds | sing not,
Loud bells | ring not
Cheerfully;
Herds stand | weeping,
Flocks all | sleeping,
Nymphs back | creeping
Fearfully."
SHAKSPEARE: The Passionate Pilgrim. See Sec. xv.
_Example II.—Specimen with Single Rhyme.
"To Quinbus Flestrin, the Man-Mountain"_
A LILLIPUTIAN ODE
I.
"In a | -maze,
Lost, I | gaze.
Can our | eyes
Reach thy | size?
May my | lays
Swell with | praise,
Worthy | thee,
Worthy | me!
Muse, in | -spire
All thy | fire!
Bards of | old
Of him | told,
When they | said
Atlas' | head
Propp'd the | skies:
See! and | believe | your eyes!