The wáy was lóng, the wínd was cóld—

Mérrily, mérrily, sháll I live nów—

would be, not—

x a, x a, x a, x a,

a x x, a x x, a x x, a

respectively, but—

[˘ ˉ ˘ ˉ ˘ ˉ ˘ ˉ]

[ˉ ˘ ˘ ˉ ˘ ˘ ˉ ˘ ˘ ˉ]

Again—

As they splásh in the blóod of the slíppery streét,