Departed from thee; and thou resembl'st now.
Milton, Paradise Lost, IV, 839.
To quench the drouth of Phebus; which as they taste.
Milton, Comus, 66.
When this extra syllable comes at the end of the line it is more noticeable; for if it is a weak syllable, it tends to give the line a falling rhythm, and if it is a heavy syllable, it distinctly lengthens the line, with a semi-alexandrine effect—
Of rebel angels, by whose aid aspiring.
Milton, Paradise Lost, I, 38.
Remember who dies with thee, and despise death.
Fletcher, Valentinian, V, i.
Sometimes there are two consecutive lines having such hypermetrical syllables—
Extolling patience as the truest fortitude;
And to the bearing well of all calamities.
Milton, Samson Agonistes, 654 f.
Much more frequent, however, is the trisyllabic effect in which the number of syllables of a line remains constant, that is, in the heroic or 5-stress line does not exceed ten—
Infinite wrath and infinite despair.
Milton, Paradise Lost, IV, 74.