Stay! ‸ The king hath thrown his warder down.
(Richard II, I. iii. 118.)
Kneel thou down, Philip. ‸ But rise more great.
(King John, I. i. 161.)
In drops of sorrow. ‸ Sons, kinsmen, thanes.
(Macbeth, I. iv. 35.)
Than the soft myrtle. ‸ But man, proud man.
(Measure for Measure, II. ii. 117.)
These specimens of pauses in Shakspere's verse indicate the natural varieties of dramatic form. In such cases the pause often occurs between speeches, or where some action is to be understood as filling the time; as in the second instance, where the accolade is given in the middle of the line. (See Abbott's Shakespearian Grammar, pp. 413 ff.)
‸ Break, ‸ break, ‸ break,
On thy cold gray stones, O Sea!
And I would that my tongue could utter
The thoughts that arise in me.