That sees | imme|jate good | by pres|ent sense;
the line will be composed entirely of Iambics. But read it thus:
That sees | imme|di-ate good | by pres|ent sense;
and the third foot, becoming an anapæst, gives variety to the verse.
In the following line:
"Some happier island in the watery waste:"
If we read happier and watry, as words of two syllables, the feet will all be Iambics, except the third, which is a Pyrrhic. But if we read happier and watery,[67] in three syllables, as we ought, we introduce two anapæsts, and give variety and flowing melody to the verse.
These remarks will be more fully confirmed by attending to the last verse of the following distich:
"In martial pomp he clothes the angelic train,
While warring myr|iads shake | the ethe|rial plain."