Cheerily, | cheerily, | insect, sing;
Blithe be thy | notes in the | hickory;
Every | bough shall an | answer ring,
Sweeter than | trumpet of | victory."
MEASURE VII.—DACTYLIC OF TWO FEET, OR DIMETER.
Example I.—The Bachelor.—Four Lines from Many.
"Free from sa | -tiety,
Care, and anx | -iety,
Charms in va | -riety,
Fall to his | share."—ANON.: Newspaper.
Example II.—The Pibroch.—Sixteen Lines from Forty.
"Pibroch of | Donuil Dhu,
Pibroch of | Donuil,
Wake thy wild | voice anew.
Summon Clan | -Conuil.
Come away, | come away!
Hark to the | summons!
Come in your | war-array,
Gentles and | commons!
"Come as the | winds come, when
Forests are | rended;
Come as the | waves come, when
Navies are | stranded;
Faster come, | faster come,
Faster and | faster!
Chief, vassal, | page, and groom,
Tenant and | master."—W. SCOTT.
Example III.—"My Boy."
'There is even a happiness that makes the heart afraid.'—HOOD.
1.
"One more new | claimant for
Human fra | -ternity,
Swelling the | flood that sweeps
On to e | -ternity;