Í am Hósier's ínjured ghóst;
Cóme to séek for fáme and glóry,
Fór the glóry Í have lóst.—Glover.
The number of dissyllabic measures is, of necessity, limited to two.
[§ 641]. Trisyllabic measures.—The words mérrily, disáble, cavaliér, are equally trisyllabic, but not similarly accented. Each constitutes a separate measure, which may be continued through a whole verse, or a whole series of verses; as,
1.
Mérrily, mérrily, sháll I live nów,
Únder the blóssom that hángs on the bóugh.
Tempest.
2.