and others which are a combination, as
Bosom'd high in tufted trees.
Then to the spicy nut-brown ale.
The melting voice through mazes running.
Again, how shall the following stanza from F. W. H. Myers's Saint Paul be classified?
Lo, if some strange intelligible thunder
Sang to the earth the secret of a star,
Scarce could ye catch, for terror and for wonder,
Shreds of the story that was peal'd so far.
The metrical scheme appears to be
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_̷◡◡_̷◡_̷◡_̷◡_̷
_̷◡◡_̷◡_̷◡_̷◡_̷◡
_̷◡◡_̷◡_̷◡_̷◡_̷
that is, 5-stress trochaic, with dactylic substitution in the first foot and truncation or catalexis of the last foot in the second and fourth lines; or perhaps iambic, with anapestic substitution in the second foot and a feminine ending in the first and third lines. But when many of these stanzas are read in succession, the movement is found to be
_̷◡◡_̷◡_̷◡◡◡_̷◡
_̷◡◡_̷◡_̷◡◡◡_̷
_̷◡◡_̷◡_̷◡◡◡_̷◡
_̷◡◡_̷◡◡◡_̷◡_̷
that is, 4-stress falling rhythm, with intermixed duple, triple, and quadruple time.