Dost thou not hear the silver bell,
Thro’ yonder lime-trees ringing?
’Tis my lady’s light gazelle,
To me her love-thoughts bringing,—
All the while that silver bell
Around his dark neck ringing.
For other specimens see Metrik, ii, § 393
§ 274. More popular are stanzas of a more distinctly tripartite character, formed on the scheme a b a b c c (which occurs also in the isometrical group). These stanzas are used in many various forms, as e. g. one in Cowper, Olney Hymns (p. 25), like a b a b3 c c4:
By whom was David taught
To aim the deadly blow,