One-stress iambic.
Thus I
Pass by
And die
As one
Unknown
And gone.
(Herrick: Upon his Departure Hence. 1648.)
(In combination with two-stress and three-stress:)
No more I'll vaunt,
For now I see
Thou only hast the power
To find
And bind
A heart that's free,
And slave it in an hour.
(Herrick: His Recantation. 1648.)
Two-stress iambic.
Most good, most fair,
Or things as rare
To call you 's lost;
For all the cost
Words can bestow
So poorly show,...
(Drayton: Amouret Anacreontic. ab. 1600.)
Because I do
Begin to woo,
Sweet singing Lark,
Be thou the clerk,
And know thy when
To say Amen.