The way was long the wind was cold.
Lay of the Last Minstrel.
2. Heroics.—Five measures x a. This is the common measure in narrative and didactic poetry.
To err is human, to forgive divine.
3. Alexandrines.—Six measures x a. This name is said to be taken from the early romances on the deeds of Alexander the Great.
He lifted up his hand | that back againe did start.—Spenser.
4. Service metre.—Seven measures x a. This is the common metre of the psalm-versions. Thence its name.
But one request I made to him | that sits the skies above,
That I were freely out of debt | as I were out of love.
Sir John Suckling.