§ 199. The form of the seven-foot trochaic-dactylic verse may be illustrated by the following theoretical specimen, quoted from The Grammar of English Grammars (p. 880), by Goold Brown:
Óut of the kíngdom of Chríst shall be gáthered, | by ángels o’er Sátan victórious,
Áll that offéndeth, that líeth, that fáileth | to hónour his náme ever glórious.
Verses of this form with masculine endings printed in short lines occur in a song by Burns (p. 217):
Whére are the jóys I have mét in the mórning, | that dánc’d to the lárk’s early sáng?
Whére is the péace that awáited my wánd’ring | at évening the wíld woods amáng?
§ 200. The six-foot trochaic-dactylic verse may be illustrated by a theoretical specimen from Goold Brown (p. 880), which is strictly dactylic, with inserted rhymes:
Tíme, thou art éver in mótion, | on whéels of the dáys, years and áges;
Réstless as wáves of the ócean, | when Eúrus or Bóreas ráges.
Generally this metre is combined with iambic-anapaestic verses, as e.g. in Mrs. Browning’s Confessions (iii. 60) mentioned above, § [192], which is, for the greatest part, written in this form: