Fáirest and hárdiest óf the yóuths in Céos
Flóurish’d Acóntius frée from lóve’s sweet tróuble,
Púre as when fírst a chíld, in hér child-chórus,
Chánting the góddess óf the silver bów.
In another stanza used in The Wife of Miletus an ordinary masculine blank verse alternates with a Hendecasyllabic; a third of the form a b c d4 consists of trochaic verses.
Other stanzas of ordinary five- and three-foot verses used by him in the Lost Tales have the formulas a b5 c3 d5, a b c5 d3, a ~ b ~5 c3 d5.
In another stanza (Corinna), constructed after the formula a b4 c d3, a dactylic rhythm prevails:
Gláucon of Lésbos, the són of Euphórion,
Búrned for Corinna, the blúe-eyed Milésian.
Nor móther nor fáther hád she;