The meeting points the sacred hair dissever
From her fair head for ever and for ever.—Pope.
Prove and explain a thing till all men doubt it,
And write about it, Goddess, and about it.—Pope.
[§ 535]. An accented syllable followed by two unaccented ones, and coming under the conditions given above, constitutes a treble rhyme.
Beware that its fatal ascéndancy
Do not tempt thee to mope and repine;
With a humble and hopeful depéndency
Still await the good pleasure divine.
Success in a higher beátitude,