Óut of the gólden remóte wild wést, where the séa without shóre is,
Fúll of the súnset, and sád, if at áll, with the fúllness of jóy,
As a wínd sets ín with the áutumn that blóws from the région of stóries,
Blóws from a pérfume of sóngs and of mémories belóved fróm a bóy.
The third line is remarkable for its anacrusis, which occasionally occurs also in other English hexameters.
Sidney in his Arcadia, p. 229 (333, xxxvii), also tried the minor Asclepiad, which has the following scheme:
–́–̆–́⏑⏑–́|–́⏑⏑–́⏑–̆.
Ó sweet wóods, the delíght | óf solitáriness!
Ó how múch I do líke | yóur solitárinesse!
Whére man’s mínde hath a fréed | cónsiderátion,